The Arabian Nights - Revision history

Darryl at 19:26, 13 June 2026

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Darryl: /* Arabian Nights by Sydney Grundy */

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Arabian Nights by Sydney Grundy

Darryl: /* Sources */

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Sources

Darryl at 18:47, 13 June 2026

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Darryl: /* Sources */

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Sources

Satj: /* Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves */

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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Satj: /* Aladdin */

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Aladdin

Satj at 04:48, 3 July 2024

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Satj at 04:44, 3 July 2024

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Satj: /* An Arabian Night */

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An Arabian Night

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 The stories from ''[[The Arabian Nights]]'' have been the source of many plays, dances, pantomimes, films and TV dramas over the years. What follows below is a list of titles for those that have made their way to South African stages and the local media.  Where the entry is not discussed below, click on the appropriate title to go to the particular entry for more detail.
-=''[[The Arabian Nights]]'' as the title of a play =
+Stage versions of the stories include:
-==''[[The Arabian Nights]]'' by Hal Collier Edwards and F.H. Dudley ==
+* ''[[The Arabian Nights]]'' by Hal Collier Edwards and F.H. Dudley (This was apparently a comedy , based on a German tragedy called ''[[Harun Alraschid]]'' by an unidentified author.)
 === Performance history in South Africa ===
-: Performed in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Hirshfield's Theatre Company]] as part of a  repertoire that also included ''[[Sweet Lavender]]'' (Pinero), and ''[[In His Power]]'' (Quinton). The company included the actors  [[J.A. Rosier]], [[Albert Lucas]] and [[Joseph Ashman]].
+: The version by Hal Collier Edwards and F.H. Dudley performed in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Hirshfield's Theatre Company]] as part of a  repertoire that also included ''[[Sweet Lavender]]'' (Pinero), and ''[[In His Power]]'' (Quinton). The company included the actors  [[J.A. Rosier]], [[Albert Lucas]] and [[Joseph Ashman]].
-: Presented by [[Emma Chambers and Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Johannesburg in September.
+: The Grundy version presented by [[Emma Chambers and Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Johannesburg in September.
-: Presented by the [[Edgar Perkins Company]] (September) at the [[Theatre Royal]], Johannesburg.
+: ''[[The Arabian Nights]]'' (version unknown) presented by the [[Edgar Perkins Company]] (September) at the [[Theatre Royal]], Johannesburg.
 =Sources =

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 : Presented by [[Emma Chambers and Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Johannesburg in September.
 =Sources =
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights

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 : Presented by [[Emma Chambers and Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Johannesburg in September.
-=== Sources ===
+=Sources =
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights

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 '''See further the entry in ''[[Wikipedia]]'' on ''One Thousand and One Nights''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights].'''
 = Adaptations and translations =
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 =''[[The Arabian Nights]]'' as the title of a play =
 ==''[[The Arabian Nights]]'' by Hal Collier Edwards and F.H. Dudley ==
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 : Performed in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Hirshfield's Theatre Company]] as part of a  repertoire that also included ''[[Sweet Lavender]]'' (Pinero), and ''[[In His Power]]'' (Quinton). The company included the actors  [[J.A. Rosier]], [[Albert Lucas]] and [[Joseph Ashman]].
 === Sources ===
 [[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 1923. (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, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 387.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 387.
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		+	[[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.

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 '''See ''[[An Arabian Night]]'''''
-==''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves''==
+==''[[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]]''==
 There are numerous of dramatised versions of this story, by local and international authors.

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 = Other dramatized versions of the stories=
-==''Aladdin''==
+==''[[Aladdin]]''==
 There are a number of dramatised versions of this story, by local and international authors.

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	'''See ''[[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]]'''''		'''See ''[[Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves]]'''''
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		+	==''[[Sinbad the Sailor]]''==
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		+	See '''''[[Sinbad the Sailor]]'''''.

	= Return to =		= Return to =

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−	''[[The Arabian Nights]]'' is the most popular English title for the collection of Middle Eastern folk tales called أَلْف لَيْلَة وَلَيْلَة‎‎ in Arabic (pronounced "Alf layla wa-layla", and meaning "One Thousand and One Nights"), compiled during the Islamic Golden Age.	+	''[[The Arabian Nights]]'' is the most popular English title for the collection of Middle Eastern folk tales called أَلْف لَيْلَة وَلَيْلَة‎‎ in Arabic (pronounced "Alf layla wa-layla", and meaning "[[One Thousand and One Nights]]"), compiled during the Islamic Golden Age.

	=The original stories=		=The original stories=

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 '''See ''[[Aladdin]]'''''
-== ''An Arabian Night'' ==
+== ''[[An Arabian Night]]'' ==
-A South African play, devised and performed by [[Janice Honeyman]] and cast
+A South African play, devised and performed by [[Janice Honeyman]] and cast and based on Sir Richard Burton's English translation.
 '''See ''[[An Arabian Night]]'''''