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| − | No play by this name has been traced. Perhaps this is a stage adaptation of the novel ''Sidney De Grey, or The Rival Schoolboys: The Story of a Boy who Believed a Pure Character to be the Prize of Life'' by Lawrence Lancewood, published by Graves and Young in 1865. | + | No play by this name has been traced. Perhaps this is a stage adaptation for children of the novel ''Sidney De Grey, or The Rival Schoolboys: The Story of a Boy who Believed a Pure Character to be the Prize of Life'' by Lawrence Lancewood[https://readseries.com/auth-les-wise/wisebib.html], published by Graves and Young in 1865. |
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| − | 1878: Performed as ''[[Rival Schoolboys]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Good Hope Gardens]], Cape Town, on 2 April, as part of an evening's entertainment. | + | 1878: Performed as ''[[Rival Schoolboys]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Good Hope Gardens]], Cape Town, on 2 April, as part of an evening's public entertainment. |
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The original text
No play by this name has been traced. Perhaps this is a stage adaptation for children of the novel Sidney De Grey, or The Rival Schoolboys: The Story of a Boy who Believed a Pure Character to be the Prize of Life by Lawrence Lancewood[1], published by Graves and Young in 1865.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Performed as Rival Schoolboys by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Good Hope Gardens, Cape Town, on 2 April, as part of an evening's public entertainment.
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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