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''[[The Royal Brothers]]'' is a play by an unknown author.
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A play about the two princes imprisoned in the Tower and executed by Richard III.
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Said to be a play about the two princes imprisoned in the Tower and executed by Richard III, the South African performance by pupils of a Catholic school in Cape Town. However no such text has been traced, so it may possibly have been a local adaptation made up of the relevant scenes from Shakespeare's ''[[Richard III]]''.
 
 
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket and the Park Theatre in 1838,
 
 
 
Published in New York by Samuel French (The Minor Drama XXVII, 1856) and De Witt Publishing House, 1857 (Issue 243 of De Witt's acting plays).
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1866: Performed by the pupils of [[St Mary's Convent School]], Cape Town, on 13 July, with ''[[The Irish Lion]]'' (Buckstone)
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1866: Performed as ''[[The Royal Brothers]]'' by the pupils of '''St Mary's Convent School'''[http://www.findglocal.com/ZA/Cape-Town/445488698818818/St.-Mary%27s-Primary-School], Cape Town, on 13 July, with ''[[The Irish Lion]]'' (Buckstone)
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
Facsimile version of the 1856 edition by [[Samuel French]], [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035138125&view=1up&seq=3]
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'''St Mary's Convent School'''[http://www.findglocal.com/ZA/Cape-Town/445488698818818/St.-Mary%27s-Primary-School],
  
 
[[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.)
  
[[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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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.271
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:34, 19 April 2021

The Royal Brothers is a play by an unknown author.

The original text

Said to be a play about the two princes imprisoned in the Tower and executed by Richard III, the South African performance by pupils of a Catholic school in Cape Town. However no such text has been traced, so it may possibly have been a local adaptation made up of the relevant scenes from Shakespeare's Richard III.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed as The Royal Brothers by the pupils of St Mary's Convent School[1], Cape Town, on 13 July, with The Irish Lion (Buckstone)

Sources

St Mary's Convent School[2],

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: p.271

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