Secret Service - Revision history

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−	''[[Secret Service]]'' is a play by W. Gilette (1853–1937) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette]	+	''[[Secret Service]]'' is a play by William Gilette (1853–1937) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette]

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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.)
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.406
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.406, 418
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	1898: Performed in middle of the year in South Africa by a company under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]], as part of a repertoire that also included ''[[The Tree of Knowledge]]'' (Carton), ''[[A Marriage of Convenience]]'' (Dumas/Grundy) and ''[[My Friend, The Prince]]'' (McCarthy). The company included [[ George Hippisley]], [[Wilton Heriot]], [[Jessie Bateman]], [[Mabel Lane]] and [[Sallie Booth]].		1898: Performed in middle of the year in South Africa by a company under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]], as part of a repertoire that also included ''[[The Tree of Knowledge]]'' (Carton), ''[[A Marriage of Convenience]]'' (Dumas/Grundy) and ''[[My Friend, The Prince]]'' (McCarthy). The company included [[ George Hippisley]], [[Wilton Heriot]], [[Jessie Bateman]], [[Mabel Lane]] and [[Sallie Booth]].
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		+	1904: Performed on tour by the [[Frawley Company]], also under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]], appearing in in Cape Town in the early part of the year.

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 Secret Service opened on 13 May, 1895, at the Broad Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and was published in 1898 by [[Samuel French]] Ltd.
-When Gillette starred as Capt. Thorne in the New York production a few years later, it made him a national celebrity.
+When Gillette starred as "Capt. Thorne" in the New York production a few years later, it made him a national celebrity.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillette

	Facsimile version for the 1912 novel, The [[Project Gutenberg]] eBook[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44659/44659-h/44659-h.htm]		Facsimile version for the 1912 novel, The [[Project Gutenberg]] eBook[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44659/44659-h/44659-h.htm]

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 Written by the actor-manager William Gillette in 1895, the play deals with the American Civil War and is set in  Richmond, 1864) it tells the story of Captain Thorne,  a Union undercover agent,  who poses as a Confederate officer and falls in love with a Southern belle. The play retails his successful juggling of these conflicting loyalities.
-It was first played in Philadelphia in 1895, and when Gillette starred as Capt. Thorne in the New York production a few years later, it made him a national celebrity.
+Secret Service opened on 13 May, 1895, at the Broad Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and was published in 1898 by [[Samuel French]] Ltd.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	Facsimile version for the 1912 novel, The [[Project Gutenberg]] eBook[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44659/44659-h/44659-h.htm]		Facsimile version for the 1912 novel, The [[Project Gutenberg]] eBook[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44659/44659-h/44659-h.htm]
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		+	https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1977/01/12/secret-service-a-lively-relic/718b17ad-b408-4d79-a88f-163be3349f35/

	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Service_(1919_film)		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Service_(1919_film)

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-Set in the American Civil War drama telling of the happenings of a night in Richmond in the spring of 1865.
+Written by the actor-manager William Gillette in 1895, the play deals with the American Civil War and is set in  Richmond, 1864) it tells the story of Captain Thorne,  a Union undercover agent,  who poses as a Confederate officer and falls in love with a Southern belle. The play retails his successful juggling of these conflicting loyalities.
-It was first played in Philadelphia in 1895.
+It was first played in Philadelphia in 1895, and when Gillette starred as Capt. Thorne in the New York production a few years later, it made him a national celebrity.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	Set in the American Civil War drama telling of the happenings of a night in Richmond in the spring of 1865.		Set in the American Civil War drama telling of the happenings of a night in Richmond in the spring of 1865.
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		+	It was first played in Philadelphia in 1895.

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Sources ==
-Facsimile version for the 1912 novel, [[The Project Gutenberg]] eBook[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44659/44659-h/44659-h.htm]
+Facsimile version for the 1912 novel, The [[Project Gutenberg]] eBook[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44659/44659-h/44659-h.htm]
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Service_(1919_film)