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''[[The Speckled Band]]'' is a play by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] ()[]
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==The original text==
 
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== Sources ==
 
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[[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.)

Revision as of 06:44, 1 January 2021

The Speckled Band is a play by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)[1]

The original text

A stage adaptation of Conan Doyle's own tale called "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" (the eighth Sherlock Holmes short story) written by Arthur Conan Doyle.

The stage play was written in 1910 and premiered at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 4 June 1910, under the name The Stonor Case. However, the text was published and later performed under the original title of The Speckled Band.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1911: Performed as The Speckled Band by Alfred Paumier and his company in the Opera House, Cape Town and on tour in South Africa, during the second half of the year. Paumier appeared as "Paul Valmar".

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle

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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