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''[[The Girl on the Train]]'' is a musical play by
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''[[The Girl in the Train]]'' is a play by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel.
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'''''Not to be confused with the 1910 musical play ''[[The Girl in the Train]]'' by George Edwardes and Adrian Ross.'''
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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Based on the popular 2015 novel of the same name[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_on_the_Train_(novel)] by Paula Hawkins (1972-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Hawkins_(author)]
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It premiered at West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in 2018, and after a UK tour in 2019, it went to the Duke of York's Theatre, London from 23rd July to 17th August. Not received well by critics.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
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= Sources =
 
 
== Sources ==
 
  
[[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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https://www.girlonthetrainplay.com/
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.435
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https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/review-the-girl-on-the-train-at-the-duke-of-yorks-theatre
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:33, 17 February 2020

The Girl in the Train is a play by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel.


Not to be confused with the 1910 musical play The Girl in the Train by George Edwardes and Adrian Ross.

The original text

Based on the popular 2015 novel of the same name[1] by Paula Hawkins (1972-)[2]

It premiered at West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in 2018, and after a UK tour in 2019, it went to the Duke of York's Theatre, London from 23rd July to 17th August. Not received well by critics.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://www.girlonthetrainplay.com/

https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/review-the-girl-on-the-train-at-the-duke-of-yorks-theatre

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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