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''[[The Christian]]'' is a play in four acts by Hal Caine (1853–1931)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Caine]

== The original text ==

A dramatization by the author of his own controversial novel (''[[The Christian]]'', Heinemann, 1897), it was first performed in London in 19896, directed by Cain himself. The play was so popular with the public that the ''Daily Mail'' published it in 1897. First produced in the USA by Viola Allen at Albany, New York on 25 September 1898 and opened in New York at the Knickerbocker Theatre on 10 October 1898. It was subsequently produced in England at the Duke of York's Theatre in October 1899.

A new version, rewritten by the author, was first performed in the Lyceum Theatre, London on August 31, 1907 and the amended text was published in London by Collier in 1907 as the "Lyceum Edition".

==Translations and adaptations==

An unauthorized film was made in 1911 by West's Pictures in Australia and the first authorized edition was made by the Vitagraph Liebler Company in the USA in 1914, followed by a version by the London Film Company(1915)

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1909: Performed in the [[Opera House]] , Cape Town, by [[Leonard Rayne]] and company during October, featuring [[Gwynne Herbert]].

== Sources ==

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Caine

Facsimile version of the 1907 Lyceum 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.)

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 408, 431

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-December 24, 1900: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company, at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]].
+December 24, 1900: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company, at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]]. Rayne appeared in the role of John Storm.
 October, 1909: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company, featuring [[Gwynne Herbert]]. It was  part of their repertoire of four plays, opening at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg, and then touring the various cities, including a performances at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company, featuring [[Gwynne Herbert]]. It was  part of their repertoire of four plays, opening at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg, and then touring the various cities, including a performances at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, in October.
+December 24, 1900: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company, at the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]].
 == Sources ==

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 == The original text ==
-A dramatization by the author of his own novel (''[[The Christian]]''), telling the story of Glory Quayle, a young woman living an independent life who becomes an actress, and John Storm, who enters the priesthood. The novel was serialised in the ''Windsor Magazine'' December 1896- November 1897 and published in book form by Heinemann, 1897.
+A dramatization by the author of his own novel (''[[The Christian]]''), telling the story of Glory Quayle, a young woman living an independent life during the late 19th century, who becomes an actress, and John Storm, who enters the priesthood. The novel was serialised in the ''Windsor Magazine'' December 1896- November 1897 and published in book form by Heinemann, 1897.
-Caien dramatized the novel in 1896 and it was first performed in London and the USA in that period, directed by Cain himself. The play was so popular with the public that the ''Daily Mail'' published the play text in 1897.
+Caine dramatized the novel in 1896 and it was first performed in London and the USA in that period, directed by Cain himself. The play was so popular with the public that the ''Daily Mail'' published the play text in 1897.
 First produced in the USA by Viola Allen at Albany, New York on 25 September 1898, it opened in New York at the Knickerbocker Theatre on 10 October 1898. It was subsequently produced in England at the Duke of York's Theatre in October 1899.

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 == The original text ==
-A dramatization by the author of his own controversial novel (''[[The Christian]]'', serialised in the ''Windsor Magazine'' December 1896- November 1897 and published in book form by Heinemann, 1897). He dramatized it in 1896 and it was first performed in London and the USA in that period, directed by Cain himself. The play was so popular with the public that the ''Daily Mail'' published the play text in 1897.
+A dramatization by the author of his own novel (''[[The Christian]]''), telling the story of Glory Quayle, a young woman living an independent life who becomes an actress, and John Storm, who enters the priesthood. The novel was serialised in the ''Windsor Magazine'' December 1896- November 1897 and published in book form by Heinemann, 1897.
 First produced in the USA by Viola Allen at Albany, New York on 25 September 1898, it opened in New York at the Knickerbocker Theatre on 10 October 1898. It was subsequently produced in England at the Duke of York's Theatre in October 1899.