Three Wise Fools
Three Wise Fools is a comedy in three acts by American playwright Austin Strong (1881-1952)[].
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The original text
Produced at the Criterion Theatre on 31 October, 1918, and published in Ottawa by Geo. H. Popham, limited in 1919.
Translations and adaptations
Filmed as a silent film in 1923 and as a sound film in 1946.
Translated into Afrikaans and adapted to a Cape Town setting, as Drie Wyse Dwase (or on occasion Die Drie Wyse Dwase) by C. de Wet Marais om 1937.
Performances in South Africa
1937: Produced in Afrikaans as Die Drie Wyse Dwase in the Afrikanerkoffiehuis, Cape Town, by K.A.T. during June, directed by Johanna van Vuuren. It opened on 15 June, with a cast that included Herman Steytler, Oloff de Villiers, Urbane Kenney, Hilda Latsky, Irma Cluver, J.J. Blom, André de Wet, Peter Wissing, Ben Swart, Steph Smeda and Piet du Toit.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1919 published text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]
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