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''[[The Prodigal Daughter]]'' can refer to a number of plays, and a large number of novels and films:
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''[[The Prodigal Daughter]]'' can refer to a number of plays, and a large number of novels and films. Listed below are the plays performed (or thought to have been performed) in South Africa:
  
 
=''[[The Prodigal Daughter]]'' by Augustus Harris and Henry Pettitt (1892)=  
 
=''[[The Prodigal Daughter]]'' by Augustus Harris and Henry Pettitt (1892)=  
  
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==The original text==
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
=''[[The Prodigal Daughter]]'' by  G. Mcdonough ()[]=
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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1902: Performed as ''[[The Prodigal Daughter]]'' by a company featuring the popular British comedian [[Harry Nichols]], under the management of [[Leonard Rayne]]. (According to Bosman the play used was by "G. Mcdonough", but this is most probably an error, confusing the Pettitt's play with a play called ''[[The Prodigal Father]]'' by G. McDonough, 1897).
  
 
=''[[Prodigal Daughter]]'' by J. E. Franklin (1975)=
 
=''[[Prodigal Daughter]]'' by J. E. Franklin (1975)=
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
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= Sources =
1902: Performed as ''[[The Prodigal Daughter]]'' by a company featuring the popular British comedian [[Harry Nichols]], under the management of [[Leonard Rayne]].
 
 
 
== 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.)
 
[[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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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
 
Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]

Latest revision as of 07:22, 1 July 2020

The Prodigal Daughter can refer to a number of plays, and a large number of novels and films. Listed below are the plays performed (or thought to have been performed) in South Africa:

The Prodigal Daughter by Augustus Harris and Henry Pettitt (1892)

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1902: Performed as The Prodigal Daughter by a company featuring the popular British comedian Harry Nichols, under the management of Leonard Rayne. (According to Bosman the play used was by "G. Mcdonough", but this is most probably an error, confusing the Pettitt's play with a play called The Prodigal Father by G. McDonough, 1897).

Prodigal Daughter by J. E. Franklin (1975)

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

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 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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