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''[[The Speckled Band]]'' is a play by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle]

==The original text==

A stage adaptation of Conan Doyle's own tale called "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" (published 1892, his eighth [[Sherlock Holmes]] short story). 

The stage play was written in 1910 and premiered at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 4 June 1910, under the name '''''[[The Stonor Case]]'''''. However, the text was published as ''[[The Speckled Band : an adventure of Sherlock Holmes]]'' by [[Samuel French]] in 1912. Later usually performed under the title ''[[The Speckled Band]]''.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1911: Performed as ''[[The Speckled Band]]'' by [[Alfred Paumier]] and his company in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town and on tour in South Africa, during the second half of the year. Paumier appeared as "Paul Valmar". 

== Sources ==

Facsimile version of the 1912 text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002057962a]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle

[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|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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