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''The Ever Open Door'' is a play by English journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist George R. Sims (1947-1922) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._Sims], a leading Victorian writer of stage melodramas and H.H. Herbert.  
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''[[The Ever Open Door]]'' is a play by English journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist George R. Sims (1947-1922) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._Sims], a leading Victorian writer of stage melodramas and H.H. Herbert.  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]], with [[Freda Godfrey]] as Robbie, the Earl of Dereham, at the [[Standard Theatre]] from Monday 17 November 1919.
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1919: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]], with [[Freda Godfrey]] as Robbie, the Earl of Dereham, at the [[Standard Theatre]] from Monday 17 November.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 09:43, 12 September 2019

The Ever Open Door is a play by English journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist George R. Sims (1947-1922) [1], a leading Victorian writer of stage melodramas and H.H. Herbert.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

It was one of a number of Sims's plays to be adapted for cinema during the Silent era.

Performance history in South Africa

1919: Produced by Leonard Rayne, with Freda Godfrey as Robbie, the Earl of Dereham, at the Standard Theatre from Monday 17 November.

Sources

Poster held by NELM: [Collection: FARMER, Anthony]: 2007. 18. 8. 11.


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