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''[[The Queen's Favourite]]'' is a light comedy by Sydney Grundy (1848-1914)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Grundy]
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==The original text==
 
 
 
An adaptation of a play by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861), it was written expressly by Sydney Grundy for Miss Ward and Mr Vernon.First performed by them in the Olympic Theatre, London, on 2 June, 1883
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1891-2: Performed by the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] during a tour of nine months throughout South Africa, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], featuring  [[Geneviève Ward]] and [[W.H. Vernon]] in the leading roles.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Grundy
 
 
 
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900'' (Volume 5, Late Nineteenth Century) Cambridge University Press:p.396  [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA396&lpg=PA396&dq=Mammon+a+play+by+Grundy&source=bl&ots=j0f4wiN9ox&sig=ACfU3U0NMzmTpAhxRdd8J6Z43QY6-XQ2GA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiL1_f3yN3pAhXTShUIHVCdDmgQ6AEwDXoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Mammon%20a%20play%20by%20Grundy&f=false]
 
 
 
[[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.)
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.392-3,
 
 
 
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