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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1903: Presented by [[Rayne's Company]] in repertory with ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' under the bill ''Two Little Vagabonds'' at [[Gaiety Theatre]], Johannesburg in January.
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1903: Presented by [[Rayne's Company]] in repertory with ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' and ''[[Two Little Vagabonds]]'' at [[Gaiety Theatre]], Johannesburg in January.
  
 
= Sources =
 
= Sources =

Latest revision as of 18:14, 19 June 2026

Little Jim is a stage adaptation by Arthur Shirley (1853–1925) and Ben Landeck (1864–1928) of Le Petit Muet [The little mute] by Henri Kerouel.

The original text

This play was performed in London in 1902.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1903: Presented by Rayne's Company in repertory with Little Lord Fauntleroy and Two Little Vagabonds at Gaiety Theatre, Johannesburg in January.

Sources

https://theatreheritage.org.au/on-stage-magazine/general-articles/item/1109-the-coppin-collection-at-the-state-library-victoria

Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

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