The Bondman - Revision history

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-: Performed in the [[Opera House]] , Cape Town, by [[Leonard Rayne]] and company during April.
+: Performed by the [[Leonard Rayne]] company as part of its touring repertoire, including performances at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, during April.
 == Sources ==

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		+	The play was translated into a number of languages over the years.

	The novel was twice filmed, by Edgar Lewis in 1916 and by Herbert Wilcox in 1929.		The novel was twice filmed, by Edgar Lewis in 1916 and by Herbert Wilcox in 1929.

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-Twice filmed, by Edgar Lewis in 1916 and by Herbert Wilcox in 1929.
+The novel was twice filmed, by Edgar Lewis in 1916 and by Herbert Wilcox in 1929.
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-Twice filmed, in 1916 and 1927.
+Twice filmed, by Edgar Lewis in 1916 and by Herbert Wilcox in 1929.
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Caine
-Facsimile version of the 1906 text, The Internet Archive[https://archive.org/details/bondmanplay00caingoog]
+Facsimile version of the 1906 text, ''The Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/details/bondmanplay00caingoog]
 [[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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		+	1907: Performed in the [[Opera House]] , Cape Town, by [[Leonard Rayne]] and company during April.

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-''[[The Bondman]]'' is a play by Hal Caine (1853–1931)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Caine]
+''[[The Bondman]]'' is a play in five acts by Hal Caine (1853–1931)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Caine]
-Though apparently called ''[[The Bondman Play]]'' originally, it is normally referred to simply as ''[[The Bondman]]''.
+Though originally called ''[[The Bondman Play]]'', it is normally referred to simply as ''[[The Bondman]]''.
-Based on Hal Caine's own 1890 best-selling novel of the same name, set in the Isle of Man and Iceland.
+Based on Hal Caine's own 1890 best-selling novel of the same name, which was set in the Isle of Man and Iceland, the play was written by Caien himself, having made a few changes, ''inter alia'' to the ending, and moved the setting from Iceland to Sicily. After a few readings and informal try-outs of various versions, final version of the play, entitled ''[[The Bondman Play]]'', opened on Friday 21 September 1906, in the Drury Lane Theatre, in a production by Arthur Collins, with Mrs Patrick Campbell in one of the leads. Though poorly received by the critics, the play was highly successful with the general public.
-Caine adapted it into a play himself, making a few changes, inter alia to the ending, and moving the setting from Iceland to Sicily. After a few readings and informal try-outs of various versions, final version of the play, entitled [[The Bondman Play]]'', opened on Friday 21 September 1906, in the Drury Lane Theatre, in a production by Arthur Collins. Though poorly received by the critics, it was highly successful with the general public.
+First published as ''[[The Bondman Play]]'' by The Daily Mail, London, in 1906.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bondman_(novel)
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Caine