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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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Stage adaptations featuring the character Sherlock Holmes

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	1904: ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' (the Gillette/Conan Doyle version) presented by [[Daniel Frawley and his Company of American Players]] at [[His Majesty's Theatre]], Johannesburg in February and at the [[Theatre Royal]], Durban in May.		1904: ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' (the Gillette/Conan Doyle version) presented by [[Daniel Frawley and his Company of American Players]] at [[His Majesty's Theatre]], Johannesburg in February and at the [[Theatre Royal]], Durban in May.
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		+	1913: ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' presented by the [[Cape Town Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society]] at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, directed by [[Lago Clifford]].

	=''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'': The radio series=		=''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'': The radio series=

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 -3: Greyvenstein has ''[[Sherlock Holmes, Private Detective]]'' (the version by Charles Rogers) being staged by [[Leonard Rayne's New Dramatic Company]] at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in February 1902, by [[Vaughan's English Company]] at the [[Gaiety Theatre]], Johannesburg in October 1902, and again in March 1903.
 : ''[[Sherlock Holmes, Private Detective]]'' presented by [[Rayne's New Dramatic Company]] at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg in June, directed by [[Frank de Jong]].
-It is unclear whether the versions have simply been confused, or if both versions were staged at different times.
+: ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' (the Gillette/Conan Doyle version) presented by [[Daniel Frawley and his Company of American  Players]] at [[His Majesty's Theatre]], Johannesburg in February and at the [[Theatre Royal]], Durban in May.
 =''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'': The radio series=

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	1902-3: Greyvenstein has ''[[Sherlock Holmes, Private Detective]]'' (the version by Charles Rogers) being staged by [[Leonard Rayne's New Dramatic Company]] at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in February 1902, by [[Vaughan's English Company]] at the [[Gaiety Theatre]], Johannesburg in October 1902, and again in March 1903.		1902-3: Greyvenstein has ''[[Sherlock Holmes, Private Detective]]'' (the version by Charles Rogers) being staged by [[Leonard Rayne's New Dramatic Company]] at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in February 1902, by [[Vaughan's English Company]] at the [[Gaiety Theatre]], Johannesburg in October 1902, and again in March 1903.
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		+	1903: ''[[Sherlock Holmes, Private Detective]]'' presented by [[Rayne's New Dramatic Company]] at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg in June, directed by [[Frank de Jong]].

	It is unclear whether the versions have simply been confused, or if both versions were staged at different times.		It is unclear whether the versions have simply been confused, or if both versions were staged at different times.

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 -3: Performed as ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' (using the Gillette/Conan Doyle version) by [[Leonard Rayne]] and company at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, under the auspices of the [[Mouillot-De Jong Company]],  as part of a season of musical comedy and light opera beginning in December of 1902 and running into 1903.
--3: Greyvenstein has ''[[Sherlock Holmes, Private Detective]]'' (the version by Charles Rogers) being staged by [[Leonard Rayne's New Dramatic Company]] at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in February 1902 and again in March 1903.
+-3: Greyvenstein has ''[[Sherlock Holmes, Private Detective]]'' (the version by Charles Rogers) being staged by [[Leonard Rayne's New Dramatic Company]] at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in February 1902, by [[Vaughan's English Company]] at the [[Gaiety Theatre]], Johannesburg in October 1902, and again in March 1903.
 It is unclear whether the versions have simply been confused, or if both versions were staged at different times.

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 https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(play_1893-1894)
-Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
+[[Walter Greyvenstein|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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	1902-3: Performed as ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' (using the Gillette/Conan Doyle version) by [[Leonard Rayne]] and company at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, under the auspices of the [[Mouillot-De Jong Company]], as part of a season of musical comedy and light opera beginning in December of 1902 and running into 1903.		1902-3: Performed as ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' (using the Gillette/Conan Doyle version) by [[Leonard Rayne]] and company at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, under the auspices of the [[Mouillot-De Jong Company]], as part of a season of musical comedy and light opera beginning in December of 1902 and running into 1903.
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		+	(Greyvenstein has this production by [[Leonard Rayne]] as ''[[Sherlock Holmes, Private Detective]]'', the version by Charles Rogers.)

	=''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'': The radio series=		=''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'': The radio series=

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 Some of the stage versions of the tales (or plays featuring Holmes) that have been performed in South Africa are listed below. For information on productions of the play in question, see the entry on that specific text.
-* ''[Sherlock Holmes, Private Detective]]'' (1893), a play in 5 acts written by Charles Rogers, first performed at the Theatre Royal (Hanley, UK) on 15 December 1893.
+* ''[[Sherlock Holmes, Private Detective]]'' (1893), a play in 5 acts written by Charles Rogers, first performed at the Theatre Royal (Hanley, UK) on 15 December 1893.
 * ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1899), a four-act play by William Gillette (1853–1937) and Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

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 According to [[Wikipedia]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes], over 25,000 stage adaptations, films, television productions and publications featuring the detective had appeared by the 1990s and the ''Guinness World Records'' lists Holmes as the most portrayed literary human character in film and television history.
-'''Some of the stage versions of the tales (or plays featuring Holmes) that have been  performed in South Africa are listed below. For information on productions of the play in question, see the entry on that specific  text.'''
+Some of the stage versions of the tales (or plays featuring Holmes) that have been performed in South Africa are listed below. For information on productions of the play in question, see the entry on that specific text.
-''[[Sherlock Holmes, Private Detective]]'' (1893), a play in 5 acts written by Charles Rogers, first performed at the Theatre Royal (Hanley, UK) on 15 December 1893.
+* ''[Sherlock Holmes, Private Detective]]'' (1893), a play in 5 acts written by Charles Rogers, first performed at the Theatre Royal (Hanley, UK) on 15 December 1893.
-''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1899) by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle '''(See entry below.)'''
+* ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1899), a four-act play by William Gillette (1853–1937) and Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
 Based on Conan Doyle's popular character, and inspired by a request from the American theatrical producer Charles Frohman for rights to the stories, Conan Doyle wrote a five-act play featuring Holmes and Professor Moriarty. Frohman, who felt that the text was not ready for production, suggested that the actor/playwright William Gillette be asked to  rewrite the play.
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 The play, featuring Gillette as Holmes, had three previews at the Star Theatre, New Jersey, opening on October 23, 1899, and then moved to the Garrick Theatre on Broadway, New York, where it premiered on November 6, 1899. It was produced by Charles Frohman, with incidental music by William Furst and scenic design by Ernest Gros. The production toured the USA and moved on to London's Lyceum Theatre in September 1901.
-==Translations and adaptations==
+A silent film version of the Gillette/Conan Doyle play,  also entitled ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'', was made in 1916.
-A silent film version of the Gillette/Conan Doyle play,  also entitled ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'', was made in 1916.
+* ''[[The Speckled Band]]'' (1910) by Arthur Conan Doyle (also known as ''[[The Stonor Case]]'').
 == Performance history in South Africa ==