The Verdict

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

The original text

The play was written in collaboration by Holzberg and Sampson, and according to The Jewish Virtual Library, the play was probably the first South African play (co-)written by a Jew, even though the Sampson was not Jewish.

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.

"South African Literature", in The Jewish Virtual Library[1]

NELM catalogue.

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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

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