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Published in Potchefstroom by Het Westen in 1913 in the series ''Unie lees- en studie-bibliotheek''.
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Published in Potchefstroom by [[Het Westen]] in 1913 in the series ''Unie lees- en studie-bibliotheek''.
  
The original manuscript of the play is held by the [[National Library of South Africa]]. A photocopy of the handwritten text was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archive in 2022.  
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The original manuscript of the play is held by the [[National Library of South Africa]]. A photocopy of that handwritten text - in this case subtitled A Tragedy of the Transvaal" - was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archive in 2022.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 16:02, 4 May 2023

The verdict: a drama of the Transvaal in three acts by Theo J. Holzberg and I.K. Sampson.

The original text

Published in Potchefstroom by Het Westen in 1913 in the series Unie lees- en studie-bibliotheek.

The original manuscript of the play is held by the National Library of South Africa. A photocopy of that handwritten text - in this case subtitled A Tragedy of the Transvaal" - was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archive in 2022.

Performance history in South Africa

It was performed in 1911.

Sources

SACat, a union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.

Photocopy of the handwritten text, titled The Verdict. A Tragedy of the Transvaal, was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archive in 2022.

NELM catalogue.

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/south-african-literature

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The verdict: a drama of the Transvaal in three acts by Theo J. Holzberg writen in collaboration with I.K. Sampson, who was not Jewish, was probably the first South African play by a Jew.

The original text

Published in Potchefstroom by Het Westen in 1913 in the series Unie lees- en studie-bibliotheek.

The original manuscript of the play is held by the National Library of South Africa.

Performance history in South Africa

It was performed in 1911.

Sources

SACat, a union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.

NELM catalogue.

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/south-african-literature

Return to

Return to V

Return to South African Theatre Plays

Return to Main Page