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| − | ''[[A Message from Mars]]'' is a play by Richard Ganthony ()[]. | + | ''[[A Message from Mars]]'' is a play by Richard Ganthony (1856-1924)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ganthony]. |
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| + | 1901: Performed in South Africa by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company, ''inter alia'' in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, at the start of the year. | ||
| − | + | 1903: Performed in South Africa by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company as part of a season of plays, ''inter alia'' playing in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in the second half of the year. | |
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| + | 1905: Performed in South Africa by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company as part of a season of plays, ''inter alia'' playing in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town and [[His Majesty's Theatre]], Johannesburg. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Message_from_Mars_(play) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Message_from_Mars_(play) | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ganthony | ||
[[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.) | [[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. | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 408, 417, 422 |
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| + | [[Walter Greyvenstein|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: [[Rand Afrikaans University]]. | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:13, 19 June 2026
A Message from Mars is a play by Richard Ganthony (1856-1924)[1].
Contents
The original text
It was first performed at London's Avenue Theatre in November 1899 and had a very successful run of more than 500 performances in London. The manuscript was sold to actor Charles Hawtrey, who reworked the text with his brother George Hawtrey, and then took it to New York's Garrick Theatre and Hawtrey's theater company took the play on tour throughout the United States between 1903 and 1905.
Translations and adaptations
The play was filmed in three times (1903, 1913, and 1921).
Performance history in South Africa
1901: Performed in South Africa by Leonard Rayne and his company, inter alia in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, at the start of the year.
1903: Performed in South Africa by Leonard Rayne and his company as part of a season of plays, inter alia playing in the Opera House, Cape Town in the second half of the year.
1905: Performed in South Africa by Leonard Rayne and his company as part of a season of plays, inter alia playing in the Opera House, Cape Town and His Majesty's Theatre, Johannesburg.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Message_from_Mars_(play)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ganthony
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: pp. 408, 417, 422
Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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