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''[[The World]]'' was a sequel to ''[[The Bantu World]]'' and preceded ''[[The Sowetan]]''. Publication was by Bantu Press, Ltd from 1956.
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'''''[[The World]]''''' can refer to a '''stage play''' or to a '''South African journal'''
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=''[[The World]]'' a play by Meritt, Pettitt and Harris (1880)=
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==The original text==
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A drama in 5 acts (9 [[tableaux]]), written by Paul Meritt (1843/4–1895)[http://victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=1789], Henry Pettitt (1848-1893)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Pettitt] and Augustus Harris (1825-1873)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris], it was first performed in London at the Drury Lane Theatre on 31 July,  1880.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1882-3: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Mabel Hayes Company]] as part of a season of opera and drama that opened with a Christmas [[pantomime]] (''[[Cinderella]]'') in 1882 and lasting till July 1883.
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== Sources ==
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https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_World_a_Drama_in_5_Acts_9_Tableaux_b.html?id=Lw1kQwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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http://victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=1789
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Pettitt
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris
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[[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.)
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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.375
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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=''[[The World]]'' a South African periodical (1956-1980)=
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==The journal==
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''[[The World]]'' was the black daily newspaper of Johannesburg, South Africa, that had evolved out of the earlier ''[[The Bantu World]]'' and its merger with  ''[[Ilanga lase Natal]]'' ("Natal Sun"), being published by [[Bantu Press]] Ltd from 1956 till 1980. After this it was replaced by ''[[The Sowetan]]''. 
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''[[The World]]'' became internationally renowned as a publication in 1976 when it published Sam Nzima's iconic photograph of Hector Pieterson, taken during the Soweto uprising of 16 June.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(South_African_newspaper)
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SACat: A union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.
 
SACat: A union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.
  
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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Return to [[South African Journals and Newspapers]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]

Latest revision as of 09:56, 2 August 2021

The World can refer to a stage play or to a South African journal


The World a play by Meritt, Pettitt and Harris (1880)

The original text

A drama in 5 acts (9 tableaux), written by Paul Meritt (1843/4–1895)[1], Henry Pettitt (1848-1893)[2] and Augustus Harris (1825-1873)[3], it was first performed in London at the Drury Lane Theatre on 31 July, 1880.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1882-3: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by the Mabel Hayes Company as part of a season of opera and drama that opened with a Christmas pantomime (Cinderella) in 1882 and lasting till July 1883.

Sources

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_World_a_Drama_in_5_Acts_9_Tableaux_b.html?id=Lw1kQwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

http://victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=1789

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

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

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.375

Go to ESAT Bibliography

The World a South African periodical (1956-1980)

The journal

The World was the black daily newspaper of Johannesburg, South Africa, that had evolved out of the earlier The Bantu World and its merger with Ilanga lase Natal ("Natal Sun"), being published by Bantu Press Ltd from 1956 till 1980. After this it was replaced by The Sowetan.

The World became internationally renowned as a publication in 1976 when it published Sam Nzima's iconic photograph of Hector Pieterson, taken during the Soweto uprising of 16 June.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(South_African_newspaper)

SACat: A union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to South African Journals and Newspapers

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page