An African Millionaire - Revision history

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Sources

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Performance history in South Africa

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The original text

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Performance history in South Africa

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−	[[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1980) wrongly lists it as ''[[The African Millionaire]]''.	+	[[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1980) wrongly lists it as '''''[[The African Millionaire]]'''''.

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-Inspired by the life of [[Cecil John Rhodes]] the play was possibly written while Wallace was still in South Africa and was staged by [[Leonard Rayne]] in 1904. The text was not published till 1972 when it appeared as a "Davis-Poynter playscript", published in London by by Davis-Poynter Ltd.,
+Inspired by the life of [[Cecil John Rhodes]] the play was possibly written while Wallace was still in South Africa and was staged by [[Leonard Rayne]] in 1904. The text was not published till 1972 when it appeared as a "Davis-Poynter playscript", published in London by Davis-Poynter Ltd.,
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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−	''[[An African Millionaire]]'' is a play by [[Edgar Wallace]] ()[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wallace].	+	''[[An African Millionaire]]'' is a play by [[Edgar Wallace]] (1875-1932)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wallace].

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-''[[An African Millionaire]]'' is a play by [[Edgar Wallace]].
+''[[An African Millionaire]]'' is a play by [[Edgar Wallace]] ()[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wallace].
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 == Sources ==
 [[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1980. "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.): p. 420.

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-Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 A|A]] in Plays 1 Original SA Plays
+Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 A|A]] in Plays 2 Foreign Plays
+== Return to ==
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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−	1904: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] in the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town in 1904. It was apparently a dismal failure and closed after 6 days, and ~~for it~~ never revived by Rayne.	+	1904: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] in the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town in 1904. It was apparently a dismal failure and closed after 6 days and was never revived by Rayne.

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−	~~Written by Wallace when he was editor of the [[Rand Daily Mail]], it was based on the life of Rhodes**.~~

	First published by Davis-Poynter Ltd., London, 1972		First published by Davis-Poynter Ltd., London, 1972

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−	1904: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] in the [[Opera House]] in ~~Pretoria/~~Cape Town (??*) in 1904. It was a dismal failure and closed after 6 days.	+	1904: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] in the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town (??*) in 1904. It was a dismal failure and closed after 6 days.
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==