Monsieur Beaucaire - Revision history

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Sources

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Performed in South Africa

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Performed in South Africa

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Performed in South Africa

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Translations and adaptations

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 In 1924-25 it was a considerable West End success for [[Gerald Lawrence]], who played the lead.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
 Twice filmed, both times as ''[[Monsieur Beaucaire]]'': As  a  "silent romantic historical drama film" in 1924, starring Rudolph Valentino, and as a 1946 comedy film, loosely based on the novel and starring Bob Hope.
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 : [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg.
 == Sources ==

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 : It was one of the plays performed by a West End theatre company from London, led by actor-manager [[Gerald Lawrence]], which toured South Africa and Rhodesia, putting on a portfolio of five plays.  The tour played in venues owned by [[African Theatres]] Ltd. and started in Johannesburg on 1st April 1929 and finished in Cape Town on 3rd October.
 == Sources ==
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 Correspondence from Robert Kay of Acuta Music[http://www.acutamusic.co.uk/], Monday 13 July, 2015.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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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.418-9.

	J. P. Wearing, "The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel"[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=5vFEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA278&lpg=PA278&dq=Monsieur+Beaucaire+Gerald+Lawrence&source=bl&ots=eeLIrELcLT&sig=dlTo6-ZP06riIwcGElJQxi6Myp4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIkczj1ojfxgIVsgjbCh0hpQls#v=onepage&q=Monsieur%20Beaucaire%20Gerald%20Lawrence&f=false]		J. P. Wearing, "The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel"[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=5vFEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA278&lpg=PA278&dq=Monsieur+Beaucaire+Gerald+Lawrence&source=bl&ots=eeLIrELcLT&sig=dlTo6-ZP06riIwcGElJQxi6Myp4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIkczj1ojfxgIVsgjbCh0hpQls#v=onepage&q=Monsieur%20Beaucaire%20Gerald%20Lawrence&f=false]

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 == Performed in South Africa ==
-: Performed in the [[Cape Town Opera House]] by the [[Sass-Nelson]] Company in February, with a cast that included [[T.B. Thalberg]] and [[Katherine Pole]].
+: Performed in the [[Cape Town Opera House]] by the [[Sass-Nelson Company]] in February, with a cast that included [[T.B. Thalberg]] and [[Katherine Pole]].
 : It was one of the plays performed by a West End theatre company from London, led by actor-manager [[Gerald Lawrence]], which toured South Africa and Rhodesia, putting on a portfolio of five plays.  The tour played in venues owned by [[African Theatres]] Ltd. and started in Johannesburg on 1st April 1929 and finished in Cape Town on 3rd October.

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 == Performed in South Africa ==
-: Performed in the [[Cape Town Opera House]] by the [[Sass-Nelson Company]] in February, with a cast that included [[T.B. Thalberg]] and [[Katherine Pole]].
+: Performed in the [[Cape Town Opera House]] by the [[Sass-Nelson]] Company in February, with a cast that included [[T.B. Thalberg]] and [[Katherine Pole]].
 : It was one of the plays performed by a West End theatre company from London, led by actor-manager [[Gerald Lawrence]], which toured South Africa and Rhodesia, putting on a portfolio of five plays.  The tour played in venues owned by [[African Theatres]] Ltd. and started in Johannesburg on 1st April 1929 and finished in Cape Town on 3rd October.

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−	Twice filmed, both times as ''[[Monsieur Beaucaire]]'': As a silent film in 1924, starring Rudolph Valentino, and as a 1946 comedy film loosely based on the novel, starring Bob Hope.	+	Twice filmed, both times as ''[[Monsieur Beaucaire]]'': As a "silent romantic historical drama film" in 1924, starring Rudolph Valentino, and as a 1946 comedy film, loosely based on the novel and starring Bob Hope.

	== Performed in South Africa ==		== Performed in South Africa ==

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 == The original text ==
-Based on the short novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington (first published in 1900), it was adapted as a play by Tarkington and Sutherland in 1904 and first performed starring Evelyn Millard and Lewis Waller, the play received a Royal Command Performance at Windsor Castle before Edward VII.
+Based on the short novel about the barber of King Louis XV of France by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington (first published in 1900), it was adapted as a play by Tarkington and Sutherland in 1904 and first performed starring Evelyn Millard and Lewis Waller, the play received a Royal Command Performance at Windsor Castle before Edward VII.
 In 1924-25 it was a considerable West End success for [[Gerald Lawrence]], who played the lead.
 == Performed in South Africa ==
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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Beaucaire_(novel)
 J. P. Wearing, "The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel"[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=5vFEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA278&lpg=PA278&dq=Monsieur+Beaucaire+Gerald+Lawrence&source=bl&ots=eeLIrELcLT&sig=dlTo6-ZP06riIwcGElJQxi6Myp4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIkczj1ojfxgIVsgjbCh0hpQls#v=onepage&q=Monsieur%20Beaucaire%20Gerald%20Lawrence&f=false]

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-''[[Monsieur Beaucaire]]'' is play by E.G. Sutherland and Booth Tarkington (1869–1946)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth_Tarkington].
+''[[Monsieur Beaucaire]]'' is play by E.G. (Evelyn Greenleaf) Sutherland(1855-1908)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Greenleaf_Sutherland] and Booth Tarkington (1869–1946)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth_Tarkington].
 == The original text ==
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 == Performed in South Africa ==