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''[[Les Pauvres de Paris]]'' is a drama in seven acts by Edouard-Louis-Alexandre Brisbarre ()[] and Eugène Nus ()[]. 
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==The original text==
 
 
 
First performed in Paris at the Théatre de l'Ambigu-Comique on 5 September, 1856.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
In dire need of money Dion Boucicault ()[] collaborated with three journalists - Seymour, Goodrich, and Warden - to adapt the plauy into English as ''[[The Poor of New York]]''. First performed at Wallack's Theatre, New York, in 1857, to poor critical response, but popular with audiences, the play was soon adapted to other cities where it was performed, and billed under a vast number of names, including  ''[[The Streets of New York]]'', The Streets of Philadelphia, The Poor of the London Streets, ''[[The Poor of Liverpool]] , ''[[The Streets of Islington]]'', ''[[The Streets of London]]'', ''[[The Streets of Dublin]]'', etc.
 
 
 
First published in New York by Samuel French as ''[[The Poor of New York]]'' in 1857.
 
 
 
In the British colonies it was best remembered as ''[[The Streets of London]]'' or ''[[The Streets of Dublin]]''.
 
 
 
Filmed as ''[[The Streets of London]]'' in 1934 by
 
 
 
== 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 ==
 
 
 
Richard Fawkes. 2011. ''Dion Boucicault'' Ardent Media[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=QTSB1eopHbAC&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=The+Streets+of+London+by+Dion+Boucicault&source=bl&ots=v3eI8-ZPrs&sig=ACfU3U11gCDOOZ9HNDKcTmv0P9VMp7HBMg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNkfP90YbqAhVsQEEAHfNoD-4Q6AEwEnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Streets%20of%20London%20by%20Dion%20Boucicault&f=false]
 
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''The Streets of London'', University of Kent Special Collections and Archives[https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/5bd28107-17fb-3040-ab53-eb262059412a?component=b5228c22-be3e-302e-9373-a60b8f694d0e]
 
 
 
[[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.)
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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