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''[[The Girl on the Train]]'' may refer to:
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''[[The Girl in the Train]]'' is a play by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel.
  
'''Stage plays:'''
 
  
''[[The Girl in the Train]]'', 1910 English adaptation of the operetta ''[[Die Geschiedene Frau]]''
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'''''Not to be confused with the 1910 musical play ''[[The Girl in the Train]]'' by George Edwardes and Adrian Ross.'''
 
 
''[[The Girl in the Train]]'', (2018 play), a stage adaptation of the 2015  novel ''[[The Girl in the Train]]'' by Paula Hawkins
 
 
 
'''Films:'''
 
 
 
''[[The Girl in the Train]]'', (1927 film), a silent American film
 
''[[The Girl in the Train]]'', (2009 film), a French drama film
 
''[[The Girl in the Train]]'', (2016 film), an American film based on the novel
 
''[[The Girl in the Train]]'', (2020 film), an Indian film, remake of the US 2016 film
 
  
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==The original text==
  
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Based on the popular 2015 novel of the same name[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_on_the_Train_(novel)] by Paula Hawkins (1972-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Hawkins_(author)]
  
 
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It premiered at West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in 2018, and after a UK tour in 2019, it went to the Duke of York's Theatre, London from 23rd July to 17th August. Not received well by critics.
The Girl on the Train (2013 film), an American independent film
 
a musical play by
 
 
 
==The original text==
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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BASED ON THE BEST-SELLING NOVEL BY PAULA HAWKINS AND DREAMWORKS FILM ADAPTED BY RACHEL WAGSTAFF AND DUNCAN ABEL
 
 
= Sources =
 
= 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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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https://www.girlonthetrainplay.com/
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.435
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https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/review-the-girl-on-the-train-at-the-duke-of-yorks-theatre
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:33, 17 February 2020

The Girl in the Train is a play by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel.


Not to be confused with the 1910 musical play The Girl in the Train by George Edwardes and Adrian Ross.

The original text

Based on the popular 2015 novel of the same name[1] by Paula Hawkins (1972-)[2]

It premiered at West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in 2018, and after a UK tour in 2019, it went to the Duke of York's Theatre, London from 23rd July to 17th August. Not received well by critics.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://www.girlonthetrainplay.com/

https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/review-the-girl-on-the-train-at-the-duke-of-yorks-theatre

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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