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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1902: Presented by [[Miss Kate Vaughan's Company]] at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in July, produced by [[Frank de Jong]] and [[Leonard Rayne]].
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1902: The Mitchell play presented by [[Miss Kate Vaughan's Company]] at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in July, produced by [[Frank de Jong]] and [[Leonard Rayne]].
  
1932: Presented by the [[Repertory Theatre Society]], later known as the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] performed on 25 July 1932 with ''[[A Marriage Has Been Arranged]]'' and ''[[The Bride]]''.
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1932: The Conway play presented by the [[Repertory Theatre Society]], later known as the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] performed on 25 July 1932 with ''[[A Marriage Has Been Arranged]]'' and ''[[The Bride]]''.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 15:09, 18 June 2026

Becky Sharp refers to:

  • a one-act play by Oliver Conway
  • the play of the same name by Langdon Mitchell [1], (Becky Sharp (1899): a dramatization of Thackeray's Vanity Fair).

Not to be confused with the 1935 film [[2]].

The original text

Published in One-act Plays of Today edited by J.W. Marriott, 1924 [3].

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1902: The Mitchell play presented by Miss Kate Vaughan's Company at the Opera House, Cape Town in July, produced by Frank de Jong and Leonard Rayne.

1932: The Conway play presented by the Repertory Theatre Society, later known as the Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society performed on 25 July 1932 with A Marriage Has Been Arranged and The Bride.

Sources

NELM: [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 61.

[4].

Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

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