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== South African Productions == | == South African Productions == | ||
| − | 1961: Produced by [[NTO]] | + | 1961: Produced by [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]), directed by [[Robert Langford]]. Cast included [[Roscoe C. Behrmann]]; [[Virginia Lee]]; [[Joe Stewardson]]; [[Viviene Adley]]; [[Jimmy Asser]]; [[Patrick Mynhardt]]; [[Hugo Warren]]; [[Bella Mariani]]; [[Elizabeth Evans]]; [[Tiny Walker]]; [[Jo-Ann Pezarro]]; [[Gabriel Bayman]]; [[Sheila Forbes]]; [[Diana Shahn]]; [[Patsi Kahn]]; [[Ronald Bloch]]; [[Alan Cean]]; [[George Jackson]]; [[Hugh Claven]]; [[Ivo Pellegrini]]; [[Casper Dyason]]. Musical director: [[Bill Walker]]. Choreography: [[Richard Daneel]]. |
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= Other works by this name= | = Other works by this name= | ||
| − | 1954: According to Stephen Banfield | + | 1954: According to Stephen Banfield, Stephen Sondheim did a film treatment called ''[[The King of Diamonds]]'' with Larry Gelbart in 1954. No trace of such a film can be found however. |
| − | 1961-1962: An American TV series called ''King of Diamonds'' | + | 1961-1962: An American TV detective series by United Artists called ''King of Diamonds''. |
1991: ''The King of Diamonds'' (Chaukat Raja), is a film by directed by Sanjay Soorkar (India, 1991) | 1991: ''The King of Diamonds'' (Chaukat Raja), is a film by directed by Sanjay Soorkar (India, 1991) | ||
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| + | Stephen Banfield , 1993, ''Sondheim's Broadway Musicals'', p. 27[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dLf1_FutpusC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=The+King+of+Diamonds+a+stage+musical&source=bl&ots=JVA08P8TkH&sig=U-PPZMKgClAr6uqhASW81ktW2ME&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjz5NblhurLAhXBChoKHc6HCPgQ6AEIVjAI#v=onepage&q=The%20King%20of%20Diamonds%20a%20stage%20musical&f=false], | ||
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| + | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054553/ | ||
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| + | https://mubi.com/films/the-king-of-diamonds | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:55, 26 April 2017
There are two versions of this South African play, in addition to a number of international film and TV works.
Contents
The King of Diamonds by Harold J. Laite (1953)
The original play
Written as a three-act play by Harold J. Laite, dealing with Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) [1] and Barney Barnato (1851-1897) [2]. It was published by Pioneer Press in Cape Town in the 1956.
South African performances
1953: First presented at the Labia Theatre, Cape Town, 1953.
Sources
Text of The King of Diamonds, University of Stellenbosch Library Catalogue.
Go to the ESAT Bibliography
The King of Diamonds - the musical by Bob O'Keefe, and Edgar Adeler
The text
This is a musical version of Harold J. Laite's play, The King of Diamonds, with Barney Barnato (1851-1897) [3] as central figure and hero. The book is by Bob O'Keefe, the music by Edgar Adeler. Unpublished.
South African Productions
1961: Produced by National Theatre Organisation (NTO), directed by Robert Langford. Cast included Roscoe C. Behrmann; Virginia Lee; Joe Stewardson; Viviene Adley; Jimmy Asser; Patrick Mynhardt; Hugo Warren; Bella Mariani; Elizabeth Evans; Tiny Walker; Jo-Ann Pezarro; Gabriel Bayman; Sheila Forbes; Diana Shahn; Patsi Kahn; Ronald Bloch; Alan Cean; George Jackson; Hugh Claven; Ivo Pellegrini; Casper Dyason. Musical director: Bill Walker. Choreography: Richard Daneel.
Sources
The King of Diamonds theatre programme, NTO, 1961.
Go to the ESAT Bibliography
Other works by this name
1954: According to Stephen Banfield, Stephen Sondheim did a film treatment called The King of Diamonds with Larry Gelbart in 1954. No trace of such a film can be found however.
1961-1962: An American TV detective series by United Artists called King of Diamonds.
1991: The King of Diamonds (Chaukat Raja), is a film by directed by Sanjay Soorkar (India, 1991)
Sources
Stephen Banfield , 1993, Sondheim's Broadway Musicals, p. 27[4],
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054553/
https://mubi.com/films/the-king-of-diamonds
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