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'''''Shadow of Heroes''''' is a play by [[Robert Ardrey]] (1958).
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''[[Shadow of Heroes]]'' is a play by [[Robert Ardrey]] (1958) about the ant-Soviet uprising in Hungary in 1956.
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1980: Performed as ''[[Shadow of Heroes]]'' by [[PACT]] Drama, directed by [[Norman Coombes]], starring [[Nigel Vermaas]], [[Diane Wilson]].
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1975: Performed as ''[[Shadow of Heroes]]'' by [[PACT]] Drama, directed by [[Norman Coombes]], starring [[Nigel Vermaas]] and [[Diane Wilson]] as Janos and Julie Rajk.
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1982: Produced by students of [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] at the National Festival of Student Drama in Grahamstown, April 1982.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
[[NELM]] catalogue.
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Photograph of a scene from the play, ''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 20 August 1975.
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''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 23 April 1982.
  
 
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Revision as of 10:43, 1 December 2021

Shadow of Heroes is a play by Robert Ardrey (1958) about the ant-Soviet uprising in Hungary in 1956.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Produced in London as Stone and Star.

Performance history in South Africa

1975: Performed as Shadow of Heroes by PACT Drama, directed by Norman Coombes, starring Nigel Vermaas and Diane Wilson as Janos and Julie Rajk.

1982: Produced by students of Rhodes University Drama Department at the National Festival of Student Drama in Grahamstown, April 1982.

Sources

Photograph of a scene from the play, The Rand Daily Mail, 20 August 1975.

The Rand Daily Mail, 23 April 1982.

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