Trilby - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-s: Performed at some time in this decade (possibly by the [[W.J. Holloway]] and his company), with [[William Haviland]] in the role of "Svengali".
+s: Though rather vaguely referred to by D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), it seems to have been performed at some time in this decade (possibly by the [[W.J. Holloway]] and his company), with [[William Haviland]] in the role of "Svengali".
 -3: Performed 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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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-s: Performed by the [[Holloway Company]], with [[Frank de Jong]] in the role of Svengali.
+s: Performed at some time in this decade (possibly by the [[W.J. Holloway]] and his company), with [[William Haviland]] in the role of "Svengali".
 -3: Performed 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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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1890s: Performed by the [[Holloway Company]], with [[Frank de Jong]] in the role of Svengali.

	1902-3: Performed 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 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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 [[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.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 405, 414
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_M._Potter		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_M._Potter
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		+	https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/trilby-6097

	https://books.google.co.za/books/about/A_Souvenir_of_Trilby_by_Paul_M_Potter.html?id=Saa2tgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y		https://books.google.co.za/books/about/A_Souvenir_of_Trilby_by_Paul_M_Potter.html?id=Saa2tgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

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 Based on ''[[Trilby]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilby_(novel)], the popular novel by George du Maurier (1834–1896)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_du_Maurier], which is set in Paris and tells the interlinked stories of three artists (two English and one Scottish), Trilby O'Ferrall, a half-Irish girl working in Paris as an artists' model and laundress, and Svengali, a memorable rogue, masterful musician and hypnotist. The novel was first published serially in ''Harper's Monthly'' from January to August 1894 and appeared in book form on 8 September 1895.
-The novel was adapted as a play in four acts by Paul M. Potter , first produced in the United States in March 1895 where the role of "Svengali" was created by American actor Wilton Lackaye at the Boston Museum. It then opened in London's Haymarket Theatre on 30 October 1895, directed, produced by and starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree as "Svengali".
+The novel was adapted as a play in four acts by Paul M. Potter , first produced in the United States in March 1895 where the role of "Svengali" was created by American actor Wilton Lackaye at the Boston Museum and performed at the Garden Theatre, New York, opening on April 15, 1895. A British production opened in London's Haymarket Theatre on 30 October 1895, directed, produced by and starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree as "Svengali".
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_M._Potter		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_M._Potter
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		+	https://books.google.co.za/books/about/A_Souvenir_of_Trilby_by_Paul_M_Potter.html?id=Saa2tgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

	[[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.)		[[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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	''[[Trilby]]'' is a four-act play by Paul M. Potter (1853-1921)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_M._Potter]		''[[Trilby]]'' is a four-act play by Paul M. Potter (1853-1921)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_M._Potter]
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		+	Sometimes credited as "by Paul M Potter and George du Maurier"

	==The original text==		==The original text==

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-''[[Trilby]]'' is a play by Paul M. Potter (1853-1921)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_M._Potter]
+''[[Trilby]]'' is a four-act play by Paul M. Potter (1853-1921)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_M._Potter]
 ==The original text==
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 Based on ''[[Trilby]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilby_(novel)], the popular novel by George du Maurier (1834–1896)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_du_Maurier], which is set in Paris and tells the interlinked stories of three artists (two English and one Scottish), Trilby O'Ferrall, a half-Irish girl working in Paris as an artists' model and laundress, and Svengali, a memorable rogue, masterful musician and hypnotist. The novel was first published serially in ''Harper's Monthly'' from January to August 1894 and appeared in book form on 8 September 1895.
-The novel was adapted as a play in * acts by Paul M. Potter , first produced in the United States in March 1895 where the role of "Svengali" was created by American actor Wilton Lackaye at the Boston Museum. It then opened in London's Haymarket Theatre in October 1895, directed, produced by and starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree as "Svengali".
+The novel was adapted as a play in four acts by Paul M. Potter , first produced in the United States in March 1895 where the role of "Svengali" was created by American actor Wilton Lackaye at the Boston Museum. It then opened in London's Haymarket Theatre in October 1895, directed, produced by and starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree as "Svengali".
 ==Translations and adaptations==