The Prodigal Daughter
The Prodigal Daughter can refer to a number of plays, and a large number of novels and films. Listed below are the plays performed (or thought to have been performed) in South Africa:
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The Prodigal Daughter by Augustus Harris and Henry Pettitt (1892)
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1902: Performed as The Prodigal Daughter by a company featuring the popular British comedian Harry Nichols, under the management of Leonard Rayne. (According to Bosman the play used was by "G. Mcdonough", but this is most probably an error, confusing the Pettitt's play with a play called The Prodigal Father by G. McDonough, 1897).
Prodigal Daughter by J. E. Franklin (1975)
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
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