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1850: First performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] (a company known as [[Captain Hall's Company]]) on 24 April, with H.V. Morton's ''[[The Original]]''. | 1850: First performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] (a company known as [[Captain Hall's Company]]) on 24 April, with H.V. Morton's ''[[The Original]]''. | ||
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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Richelieu, or The Conspiracy is a play in five acts by E. Bulwer Lytton (1803–1873)[1]
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The original text
First performed in 1839. Became a standard of Edwardian theatre and is perhaps best known for its line "The pen is mightier than the sword", spoken by the Cardinal in Act II, Scene II.
Made into a film generally called Cardinal Richelieu, with George Arliss in 1935.
Performance history in South Africa
1850: First performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players (a company known as Captain Hall's Company) on 24 April, with H.V. Morton's The Original.
1850: Performed again in Cape Town by Captain Hall's Company on 8 May, this time with My New Wife and My Old Umbrella by Peake.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://cather.unl.edu/j00046.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: p. 398,
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