Held by the Enemy - Revision history

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Satj: Created page with " ''Held by the Enemy'' is a play by William Gillette (William Hooker Gillette, 1853-1937)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette]."

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Created page with " ''Held by the Enemy'' is a play by William Gillette (William Hooker Gillette, 1853-1937)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette]."

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''[[Held by the Enemy]]'' is a play by William Gillette (William Hooker Gillette, 1853-1937)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette].

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 ==The original text==
-First performed on 22 February, 1886, in the Criterion Theatre, Brooklyn, New York and published by Samuel French Ltd. in 1898.
+A play set in the American Civil War, it tells of Brigade Surgeon Fielding who falls in love with a Southern belle when Federal troops capture a Confederate city.
 According to the entry on William Gillette in [[Wikipedia]], this Civil War drama "''was a major step toward modern theater, in that it abandoned many of the crude devices of 19th century melodrama and introduced realism into the sets, costumes, props, and sound effects. It was produced at a time when the British had a very low opinion of American art in any form, and it was the first wholly American play with a wholly American theme to be a critical and commercial success on British stages''."[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette]

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 First performed on 22 February, 1886, in the Criterion Theatre, Brooklyn, New York and published by Samuel French Ltd. in 1898.
-According to the entry on William Gillette in [[Wikipedia]], this Civil War drama "was a major step toward modern theater, in that it abandoned many of the crude devices of 19th century melodrama and introduced realism into the sets, costumes, props, and sound effects. It was produced at a time when the British had a very low opinion of American art in any form, and it was the first wholly American play with a wholly American theme to be a critical and commercial success on British stages."[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette]
+According to the entry on William Gillette in [[Wikipedia]], this Civil War drama "''was a major step toward modern theater, in that it abandoned many of the crude devices of 19th century melodrama and introduced realism into the sets, costumes, props, and sound effects. It was produced at a time when the British had a very low opinion of American art in any form, and it was the first wholly American play with a wholly American theme to be a critical and commercial success on British stages''."[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette]
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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−	Filmed in 1920, directed by Donald Crisp and based on the 1886 play.	+	==Translations and adaptations==
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		+	Filmed in 1920, directed by Donald Crisp and based on the 1886 play. (The film is apparently lost.)
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		+	== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1892: Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August. It is uncertain which text was used in this case.
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Held_by_the_Enemy_(film)
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		+	[[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.)
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.394-5
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		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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		+	== Return to ==
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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		+	Return to [[South_African_Festivals\|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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		+	Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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-''[[Held by the Enemy]]'' is a play by William Gillette (William Hooker Gillette, 1853-1937)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette].
+First performed on 22 February, 1886, in the Criterion Theatre, Brooklyn, New York and published by Samuel French Ltd. in 1898.
-First performed in 1886. According to the entry on William Gillette in [[Wikipedia]], this Civil War drama "was a major step toward modern theater, in that it abandoned many of the crude devices of 19th century melodrama and introduced realism into the sets, costumes, props, and sound effects. It was produced at a time when the British had a very low opinion of American art in any form, and it was the first wholly American play with a wholly American theme to be a critical and commercial success on British stages."[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette]
+According to the entry on William Gillette in [[Wikipedia]], this Civil War drama "was a major step toward modern theater, in that it abandoned many of the crude devices of 19th century melodrama and introduced realism into the sets, costumes, props, and sound effects. It was produced at a time when the British had a very low opinion of American art in any form, and it was the first wholly American play with a wholly American theme to be a critical and commercial success on British stages."[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette]
 Filmed in 1920, directed by Donald Crisp and based on the 1886 play.

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−	First performed in 1886	+	First performed in 1886. According to the entry on William Gillette in [[Wikipedia]], this Civil War drama "was a major step toward modern theater, in that it abandoned many of the crude devices of 19th century melodrama and introduced realism into the sets, costumes, props, and sound effects. It was produced at a time when the British had a very low opinion of American art in any form, and it was the first wholly American play with a wholly American theme to be a critical and commercial success on British stages."[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette]


	Filmed in 1920, directed by Donald Crisp and based on the 1886 play.		Filmed in 1920, directed by Donald Crisp and based on the 1886 play.

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	''[[Held by the Enemy]]'' is a play by William Gillette (William Hooker Gillette, 1853-1937)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette].		''[[Held by the Enemy]]'' is a play by William Gillette (William Hooker Gillette, 1853-1937)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette].
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		+	First performed in 1886
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		+	Filmed in 1920, directed by Donald Crisp and based on the 1886 play.