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''[[The Woman in Red]]'' is a drama in a prologue and three acts  by  J. Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne]  
 
''[[The Woman in Red]]'' is a drama in a prologue and three acts  by  J. Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne]  
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''[[La Tireuse Des Cartes]]'' ("the fortune teller") is a French comedy on one act .
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Also the title of a number of paintings, notably the famous one from 1869 by Frédéric Bazille ()[].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Adapted and Altered From the French Piece Of "''[[La Tireuse Des Cartes]]'', " By Stirling Coyne.
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Translated and adapted from the French as ''[[The Woman in Red]]'' by J. Stirling Coyne.
 
 
London : Samuel French ; New York : Samuel French & Son, [1868?],
 
London : Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1872.
 
  
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The English text first published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1872.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 07:02, 28 July 2021

The Woman in Red is a drama in a prologue and three acts by J. Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[1]

La Tireuse Des Cartes ("the fortune teller") is a French comedy on one act .

Also the title of a number of paintings, notably the famous one from 1869 by Frédéric Bazille ()[].

The original text

Translated and adapted from the French as The Woman in Red by J. Stirling Coyne.

The English text first published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1872.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1878: Performed in the Theatre Royal , Cape Town, on 3 to 7 September by a company consisting of Henry Smith, Richard Thatcher (also referred to as the Smith and Thatcher Company) , with Ada Ward

Sources

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

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/13396280

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.372

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