Rope

Rope by Patrick Hamilton. A psychological thriller about two students influenced by Nietzsche who kill a fellow student then invite a number of friends and the victims father to meal which they eat off the casket of the dead student. Translated into Afrikaans as Galgtou and produced by André Huguenet in 19**. The Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns ("South African Academy for Science and the Arts") bestowed a medal of honour on this production for the high standard set.

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