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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
Comedy about a Jew marrying a gentile.
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Written by David Schneider (1963- )[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Schneider_%28actor%29], it is a comedy about a Jew marrying a gentile.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:51, 12 May 2020

There are numerous works of fiction by this name, including at least 10 films (see for example "The Eleventh Commandment (film)" in Wikipedia[1]).

Below are those works with a direct or indirect link to South Africa


The Eleventh Commandment a film by (1913)

The film

A short film by Kisch-Barker Films about a guardian who spends his ward's inheritance and tries to make her marry a rich cad. The story written Samuel M. Gluckstein and the film featured James Welch and Gladys Cooper in the leading roles.

Sources

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0002826/

The Eleventh Commandment by David Schneider (1996)

The original text

Written by David Schneider (1963- )[2], it is a comedy about a Jew marrying a gentile.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1998:Staged at the Theatre on the Square in February, directed by Maralin Vanrenen, with Annabel Linder, Frantz Dubrowsky, Darrill Rosen, Roger Dwyer, Debbie Brown and Rohan Coll.

Sources

The Star 24 February 1998.


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