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The play premièred in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, on 8 December 1840 and the first American production took place at the Old Park Theater in New York on 1 February 1841. | The play premièred in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, on 8 December 1840 and the first American production took place at the Old Park Theater in New York on 1 February 1841. | ||
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 06:19, 18 July 2020
Money is a comic play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)[1].
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The original text
The play premièred in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, on 8 December 1840 and the first American production took place at the Old Park Theater in New York on 1 February 1841.
Text published by Samuel French (French's Standard Drama No VIII)
Translations and adaptations
In the play was twice adapted into a silent film, the first released in 1915 by the Biograph Company, USA, and the second in 1921, by the Ideal company, directed by Duncan McRae.
Performance history in South Africa
1888-9 Performed by Lillian Beddard and her company in South Africa, with Beddard as "Clara Douglas". Among the cities played were Johannesburg (the Theatre Royal, 10-14 June), Kimberley and Cape Town (the Exhibition Theatre).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_(play)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247538/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012469/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co
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.388-9
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