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| − | ''[[The White Queen]]'' is an historical play by J.W. Boulding and/or Palgrave(?)
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| − | ''Not to be confused with Philippa Gregory's novel or the BBC series based on it.''
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | An historical play set in the time of Louis XII, ''[[The White Queen]]'' was specifically written for the actress [[Lillian Beddard]], said by her to be by "Palgrave of London" (other sources have is a play J.W. Boulding as the author).
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| − | The play was most successfully produced in London by Bedard, who later took it on her many international tours as part of her repertoire.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | ==Performance history in South Africa==
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| − | 1888-9 '''''[[The White Queen]]''''' performed by [[Lillian Beddard]] and her company in South Africa, with Beddard as "Lady Mary". Among the cities played were Johannesburg (the [[Theatre Royal]]), Kimberley and Cape Town.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[Laurence Wright]]. "Shakespeare in South Africa: The Nineteenth Century". ''[[Internet Shakespeare Editions]]''[online]. University of Victoria, Accessed 16 July 2020[https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/Criticism/shakespearein/sa2/index.html]
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| − | "A Grass Widow Now, Lillian Beddard Will Face the Footlights and Her Diamonds Alone", in ''The San Francisco Call'', Monday, March 30, 1896[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/batches/curiv_dogtown_ver01/data/sn85066387/00175037354/1896033001/0524.pdf]
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 388-9
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