Difference between revisions of "Her Second Time on Earth"
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| − | One of the so-called "Bad Women Dramas" by Frederick Melville and Walter Melville, i.e. plays with a strong moral theme, very much suited to the tastes of the day. | + | One of the so-called "Bad Women Dramas" by Frederick Melville and Walter Melville, i.e. plays with a strong moral theme, very much suited to the tastes of the day, the melodramatic work tells of the sensational story of the beautiful, merciless and hard-drinking seducer and murderess Dora Grey. |
| − | First performed on 9 October 1902 in the Standard Theatre, London. | + | First performed on 9 October 1902 in the Standard Theatre, London and later played at the Adelphi from 16 May to 6 June, 1903. . |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 05:18, 2 April 2020
Her Second Time on Earth is a play by Walter Melville
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The original text
One of the so-called "Bad Women Dramas" by Frederick Melville and Walter Melville, i.e. plays with a strong moral theme, very much suited to the tastes of the day, the melodramatic work tells of the sensational story of the beautiful, merciless and hard-drinking seducer and murderess Dora Grey.
First performed on 9 October 1902 in the Standard Theatre, London and later played at the Adelphi from 16 May to 6 June, 1903. .
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
The Melville Collection The University of Kent Library Special Collections and Archives [1]
Elaine Aston and Ian Clarke. 1996. "The Dangerous Woman of Melvillean Drama" in New Theatre Quarterly 45: Volume 12, Part 1. Cambridge University Press[2].
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 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.203-205
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