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−	''[[Little Nell]]'' is the title of a play a number of plays based on the main character in the novel ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]] (1812-1870)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens]	+	#REDIRECT [[The Old Curiosity Shop]]
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−	~~=The original novel=~~
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−	''[[The Old Curiosity Shop]]'' was published serially from 1840 to 1841, and tells the sad story of Nell Trent ("Little Nell") and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London. Portrayed as infallibly good and angelic, Nell takes her grandfather on a journey to save them from misery. She gradually becomes weaker as they go on and finally finds a home with the help of the schoolmaster. However it is too late and she sickens and dies before her friends in London find her.
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−	~~The novel was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final instalment arrived in 1841.~~
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−	~~=Dramatizations=~~
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−	~~The novel has seen a number of dramatizations over the years, most often referred to as ''[[Little Nell]]'' and frequently done in burlesque versions, especially in the 20th century.~~
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−	~~''[[Little Nell]] and the Marchioness'' by by (first performed on Broadway, 1867 - New York City Aug 14, 1867 and played through Sep 12, 1867.),~~
−	Among the versions are ''[[Little Nell]]: A Burlesque Melodrama; Mortgage, Tears and Everything'' by John Nash (1940)[https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Little_Nell.html?id=4QpsGQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y], ''[[Little Nell]] and the Mortgage Foreclosure'' by John Donald O'Shea (),
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−	~~'''Below more information on some of the versions done in South Africa'''~~
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−	~~=''[[Little Nell and the Marchioness]]'' by John Brougham (1867)=~~
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−	~~Also found as ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop]]'' or ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop or, Little Nell, the Marchioness]]''.~~
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−	Suggested by an episode from the novel, the play is generally believed to have been written by John Brougham (1810-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brougham], who had also dramatized Dickens's ''[[David Copperfield]]'' in 1851.
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−	~~First performed on Broadway in Wallack's Theatre, on 14 August, 1867, playing till 12 September.~~
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−	~~=''[[Little Nell]]'' by =~~
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−	~~==Translations and adaptations==~~
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−	~~== Performance history in South Africa ==~~
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−	~~1882: Performed as part of a season of plays in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape Town, by [[Mabel Hayes ]] (billed as [[Mrs R.J. Hall]]) and her company.~~
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−	~~= Sources =~~
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−	~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Curiosity_Shop~~
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−	~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brougham~~
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−	~~https://pfaffs.web.lehigh.edu/node/54120~~
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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.203-205~~
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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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−	~~Return to [[Main Page]]~~
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	https://pfaffs.web.lehigh.edu/node/54120		https://pfaffs.web.lehigh.edu/node/54120

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 Also found as ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop]]'' or ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop or, Little Nell, the Marchioness]]''.
-Suggested by an episode from the novel, the play is generally believed to have been written by John Brougham (1810-1880)[], who had also dramatized Dickens's ''[[David Copperfield]]'' (as ''[[Little Em'ly]]'').
+Suggested by an episode from the novel, the play is generally believed to have been written by John Brougham (1810-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brougham], who had also dramatized Dickens's ''[[David Copperfield]]'' in 1851.
 First performed on Broadway in Wallack's Theatre, on 14 August, 1867, playing till 12 September.

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 Also found as ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop]]'' or ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop or, Little Nell, the Marchioness]]''.
-Suggested by an episode from the novel, the play is generally believed to have been written by John Brougham (1810-1880)[]
+Suggested by an episode from the novel, the play is generally believed to have been written by John Brougham (1810-1880)[], who had also dramatized Dickens's ''[[David Copperfield]]'' (as ''[[Little Em'ly]]'').
 First performed on Broadway in Wallack's Theatre, on 14 August, 1867, playing till 12 September.

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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Curiosity_Shop		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Curiosity_Shop
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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.)		[[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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 =''[[Little Nell and the Marchioness]]'' by John Brougham (1867)=
-Also known as ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop]]'' or ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop or, Little Nell, the Marchioness]]''.
+Also found as ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop]]'' or ''[[The Old Curiosity Shop or, Little Nell, the Marchioness]]''.
-Suggested by an episode from the novel, the play is generally believed to have been written by John Brougham ()[],
+Suggested by an episode from the novel, the play is generally believed to have been written by John Brougham (1810-1880)[]
 First performed on Broadway in Wallack's Theatre, on 14 August, 1867, playing till 12 September.

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 The novel has seen a number of dramatizations over the years, most often referred to as ''[[Little Nell]]'' and frequently done in burlesque versions, especially in the 20th century.
+''[[Little Nell]] and the Marchioness'' by by (first performed on Broadway, 1867 -  New York City Aug 14, 1867 and played through Sep 12, 1867.),
 Among the versions are ''[[Little Nell]]: A Burlesque Melodrama; Mortgage, Tears and Everything'' by John Nash (1940)[https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Little_Nell.html?id=4QpsGQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y], ''[[Little Nell]] and the Mortgage Foreclosure'' by John Donald O'Shea (),
 '''Below more information on some of the versions done in South Africa'''
 =''[[Little Nell]]'' by =

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−	Among the versions are ''[[Little Nell]]: A Burlesque Melodrama; Mortgage, Tears and Everything'' by John Nash (1940)[https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Little_Nell.html?id=4QpsGQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y],	+	Among the versions are ''[[Little Nell]]: A Burlesque Melodrama; Mortgage, Tears and Everything'' by John Nash (1940)[https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Little_Nell.html?id=4QpsGQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y], ''[[Little Nell]] and the Mortgage Foreclosure'' by John Donald O'Shea (),

	'''Below more information on some of the versions done in South Africa'''		'''Below more information on some of the versions done in South Africa'''

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−	Among the versions are ''[[Little Nell]]: A Burlesque Melodrama; Mortgage, Tears and Everything'' by John Nash (1940),	+	Among the versions are ''[[Little Nell]]: A Burlesque Melodrama; Mortgage, Tears and Everything'' by John Nash (1940)[https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Little_Nell.html?id=4QpsGQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y],

	'''Below more information on some of the versions done in South Africa'''		'''Below more information on some of the versions done in South Africa'''