Miriam's Crime - Revision history

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-Though nothing of the nature is noted in any of the original texts,  Bosman (1980) notes that it was perceived as a "moral piece" and was once billed as being  "adapted from the celebrated novel". It may be possible that the play was very loosely based on the character and notorious history of of "Miriam" in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel ''The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni'' (published in 1860).
+Though nothing of the nature is noted in any of the original texts,  Bosman (1980) notes that it was perceived as a "moral piece" and was once billed as being  "adapted from the celebrated novel".
 First performed in the Royal Strand Theatre, London on 9 October, 1863.

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 First performed in the Royal Strand Theatre, London on 9 October, 1863.
-Published in New York by De Witt in 1863 (as No 45 of De Witt's Acting Plays).
+Published in New York by De Witt in 1863 (as No 45 of De Witt's Acting Plays) and by Dick and Fitzgerald, New York, in 1890.
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-Though nothing of the nature is noted in any of the original texts,
+Though nothing of the nature is noted in any of the original texts,  Bosman (1980) notes that it was perceived as a "moral piece" and was once billed as being  "adapted from the celebrated novel". It may be possible that the play was very loosely based on the character and notorious history of of "Miriam" in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel ''The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni'' (published in 1860).
 First performed in the Royal Strand Theatre, London on 9 October, 1863.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 30 October (and billed a comedy in 2 acts), with ''[[Villikins and his Dinah]]'' (Burnand).
+: Performed by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 30 October (and billed as Craven's great two-act Comedy"), with ''[[Villikins and his Dinah]]'' (Burnand).
-: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 5 July (billed a play in 3 acts, "adapted from the celebrated novel"), with ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' (Fitzball).
+: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 5 July (now correctly billed a play in 3 acts, and said to be "adapted from the celebrated novel"), with ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' (Fitzball).
 : Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 23 October (now billed the "admired Comedy Drama in 3 Acts"), with ''[[A Pretty Piece of Business]]'' (Morton) and a song by [[Miss Wynne]].

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-The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne (CHAPTER XLII: “REMINISCENCES OF MIRIAM”)
+The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne (CHAPTER XLII: “REMINISCENCES OF MIRIAM”) ''The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni'' was the last of the four major romances by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and was published in 1860. (Known in England as ''Transformation''.) published simultaneously in America and England in late 1860; the title for the British edition was Transformation: Or the Romance of Monte Beni
 First performed in the Royal Strand Theatre, London on 9 October, 1863.

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		+	The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne (CHAPTER XLII: “REMINISCENCES OF MIRIAM”)

	First performed in the Royal Strand Theatre, London on 9 October, 1863.		First performed in the Royal Strand Theatre, London on 9 October, 1863.

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-''[[Miriam's Crime]]'' is a drama in three acts by H.T. Craven (Henry Thornton Craven, 1818-1905)[].
+''[[Miriam's Crime]]'' is a drama in three acts by H.T. Craven (Henry Thornton Craven, 1818-1905)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thornton_Craven].
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 Facsimile version of the 1863 text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100592838]
 [[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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