The World
The World can refer to a stage play or to a South African journal
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The World a play by Meritt, Pettitt and Harris (1880)
The original text
A drama in 5 acts (9 tableaux), written by Paul Meritt (1843/4–1895)[1], Henry Pettitt (1848-1893)[2] and Augustus Harris (1825-1873)[3], it was first performed in London at the Drury Lane Theatre on 31 July, 1880.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1882-3: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by the Mabel Hayes Company as part of a season of opera and drama that opened with a Christmas pantomime (Cinderella) in 1882 and lasting till July 1883.
Sources
http://victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=1789
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Pettitt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris
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: p.375
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The World a South African periodical (1956-1980)
The journal
The World was the black daily newspaper of Johannesburg, South Africa, that had evolved out of the earlier The Bantu World and its merger with Ilanga lase Natal ("Natal Sun"), being published by Bantu Press Ltd from 1956 till 1980. After this it was replaced by The Sowetan.
The World became internationally renowned as a publication in 1976 when it published Sam Nzima's iconic photograph of Hector Pieterson, taken during the Soweto uprising of 16 June.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(South_African_newspaper)
SACat: A union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.
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