The Light that Failed - Revision history

Satj: /* The Light that Failed a play by C. Thorpe (1898) */

2021-08-24T03:40:17Z

The Light that Failed a play by C. Thorpe (1898)

Satj: /* Performance history of all versions in South Africa */

2021-05-06T04:06:28Z

Performance history of all versions in South Africa

Satj: /* The Light that Failed a play by George Fleming (1903) */

2020-07-15T04:33:15Z

The Light that Failed a play by George Fleming (1903)

Satj: /* The Light that Failed a play by C. Thorpe (1898) */

2020-07-15T04:30:04Z

The Light that Failed a play by C. Thorpe (1898)

Satj: /* Performance history of all versions in South Africa */

2020-07-15T04:29:35Z

Performance history of all versions in South Africa

Satj: /* The Light that Failed a play by George Fleming (1903) */

2020-07-15T04:26:16Z

The Light that Failed a play by George Fleming (1903)

Satj: /* Sources */

2020-07-15T04:22:42Z

Sources

Satj: /* The Light that Failed a play by George Fleming (1903) */

2020-07-15T04:22:29Z

The Light that Failed a play by George Fleming (1903)

Satj: /* Performance history of all versions in South Africa */

2020-07-15T04:17:28Z

Performance history of all versions in South Africa

Satj: /* The Light that Failed a play by C. Thorpe () */

2020-07-15T04:14:48Z

The Light that Failed a play by C. Thorpe ()

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 ==''[[The Light that Failed]]'' a play by C. Thorpe (1898)==
-The first stage version, using the original "sad" ending,  was done by Courtney Thorpe (1854-1927) in 1898, and was performed at the Royalty Theatre in London with Courtney Thorpe as "Dick". , Frank Atherley as "Torpenhow", and Furtado Clarke as "Maisie".
+The first stage version, using the original "sad" ending,  was done by Courtney Thorpe (1854-1927) in 1898, and was performed at the Royalty Theatre in London with Courtney Thorpe as "Dick". , [[Frank Atherley]] as "Torpenhow", and Furtado Clarke as "Maisie".
 ==''[[The Light that Failed]]'' a play by George Fleming (1903)==

@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 = Performance history of all versions in South Africa =
-: Performed as part of a repertoire of three plays done on a tour of the cities by Mrs and Mr [[Robert Brough]] and their company under the [[Wheeler Company]] management. They appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, from 26 February onwards. According to Bosman's source, [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), the play was as "as dull as the book from which it was taken".  According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p. 419) they used the "tragic" version by Thorpe (he refers to it as a tragedy), but he does not give his source for this, so it may in fact have been the most recent and more popular adaptation by Fletcher.
+: Performed as part of a repertoire of three plays done on a tour of the cities by Mrs and Mr [[Robert Brough]] and their company under the [[Wheeler Company]] management. They appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, from 26 February onwards. According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), the play was as "as dull as the book from which it was taken".  [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p. 419) states that they used the "tragic" version by Thorpe (he refers to it as a tragedy in a footnote), but he does not give his source for this, so it may in fact have been the most recent and more popular adaptation by Fletcher.
 = Sources =

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:33, 15 July 2020
Line 17:		Line 17:


−	George Fleming (pseudonym of Julia Constance Fletcher (1853-1938)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Constance_Fletcher]) did a new stage adaptation of the novel, using the "happy" ending. It opened at the Lyric Theatre, London, on 7 February 1903 and ran for 148 performancesto April 1903, before it was produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, by Klaw & Erlanger, running from 9 November 9 into December, 1903.	+	George Fleming (pseudonym of Julia Constance Fletcher (1853-1938)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Constance_Fletcher]) did a new stage adaptation of the novel, using the "happy" ending. It opened at the Lyric Theatre, London, on 7 February 1903 and ran for 148 performancesto April 1903, before it was produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, by Klaw & Erlanger, running from 9 November 9 into December, 1903. It featured two famous British actors, Johnston Forbes-Robertson ("Dick")and C Aubrey Smith ("Torpenhow").

	= Performance history of all versions in South Africa =		= Performance history of all versions in South Africa =

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 ==''[[The Light that Failed]]'' a play by C. Thorpe (1898)==
-The first stage version, using the original "sad" ending,  was done by Courtney Thorpe (1854-1927) [] in 1898, and was performed at the Royalty Theatre in London with Courtney Thorpe as "Dick". , Frank Atherley as "Torpenhow", and Furtado Clarke as "Maisie".
+The first stage version, using the original "sad" ending,  was done by Courtney Thorpe (1854-1927) in 1898, and was performed at the Royalty Theatre in London with Courtney Thorpe as "Dick". , Frank Atherley as "Torpenhow", and Furtado Clarke as "Maisie".
 ==''[[The Light that Failed]]'' a play by George Fleming (1903)==

@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 = Performance history of all versions in South Africa =
-: Performed as part of a repertoire of three plays done on a tour of the cities by Mrs and Mr [[Robert Brough]] and their company under the [[Wheeler Company]] management. They appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, from 26 February onwards. According to Bosman's source, [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), the play was as "as dull as the book from which it was taken".  According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p. 419) they used the Thorpe version, however it also sounds likely that this may have been the most recent and more popular version by Fletcher.
+: Performed as part of a repertoire of three plays done on a tour of the cities by Mrs and Mr [[Robert Brough]] and their company under the [[Wheeler Company]] management. They appeared in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, from 26 February onwards. According to Bosman's source, [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), the play was as "as dull as the book from which it was taken".  According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p. 419) they used the "tragic" version by Thorpe (he refers to it as a tragedy), but he does not give his source for this, so it may in fact have been the most recent and more popular adaptation by Fletcher.
 = Sources =

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:26, 15 July 2020
Line 17:		Line 17:


−	George Fleming (pseudonym of Constance Fletcher(1853-1938)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Constance_Fletcher]) did a new stage adaptation of the novel, using the "happy" ending. It opened at the Lyric Theatre, London, on 7 February 1903 and ran for 148 performancesto April 1903, before it was produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, by Klaw & Erlanger, running from 9 November 9 into December, 1903.	+	George Fleming (pseudonym of Julia Constance Fletcher (1853-1938)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Constance_Fletcher]) did a new stage adaptation of the novel, using the "happy" ending. It opened at the Lyric Theatre, London, on 7 February 1903 and ran for 148 performancesto April 1903, before it was produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, by Klaw & Erlanger, running from 9 November 9 into December, 1903.

	= Performance history of all versions in South Africa =		= Performance history of all versions in South Africa =

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:22, 15 July 2020
Line 34:		Line 34:

	http://www.stagebeauty.net/produce/light/th-light.html		http://www.stagebeauty.net/produce/light/th-light.html
		+
		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Constance_Fletcher

	[[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.)		[[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.)

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 =The stage versions=
-==''[[The Light that Failed]]'' a play by C. Thorpe ()==
+==''[[The Light that Failed]]'' a play by C. Thorpe (1898)==
-The first stage version, using the original "sad" ending,  was done by Courtney Thorpe ()[] in 1898, and was performed at the Royalty Theatre in London with Courtney Thorpe as "Dick". , Frank Atherley as "Torpenhow", and Furtado Clarke as "Maisie".
+The first stage version, using the original "sad" ending,  was done by Courtney Thorpe (1854-1927) [] in 1898, and was performed at the Royalty Theatre in London with Courtney Thorpe as "Dick". , Frank Atherley as "Torpenhow", and Furtado Clarke as "Maisie".
 ==''[[The Light that Failed]]'' a play by George Fleming (1903)==