Difference between revisions of "The Bondman"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
Caine adapted it into a play himself, making a few changes, inter alia to the ending, and moving the setting from Iceland to Sicily. After a few readings and informal try-outs of various versions, final version of the play, entitled [[The Bondman Play]]'', opened on Friday 21 September 1906, in the Drury Lane Theatre, in a production by Arthur Collins. Though poorly received by the critics, it was highly successful with the general public. | Caine adapted it into a play himself, making a few changes, inter alia to the ending, and moving the setting from Iceland to Sicily. After a few readings and informal try-outs of various versions, final version of the play, entitled [[The Bondman Play]]'', opened on Friday 21 September 1906, in the Drury Lane Theatre, in a production by Arthur Collins. Though poorly received by the critics, it was highly successful with the general public. | ||
| − | + | The play is normally referred to simply as ''[[The Bondman]]''. | |
| − | + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bondman_(novel) | |
| − | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Caine | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Caine | ||
Revision as of 07:06, 1 May 2018
The Bondman is a play by Hal Caine (1853–1931)[1]
Based on Hal Caine's own 1890 best-selling novel of the same name, set in the Isle of Man and Iceland.
Caine adapted it into a play himself, making a few changes, inter alia to the ending, and moving the setting from Iceland to Sicily. After a few readings and informal try-outs of various versions, final version of the play, entitled The Bondman Play, opened on Friday 21 September 1906, in the Drury Lane Theatre, in a production by Arthur Collins. Though poorly received by the critics, it was highly successful with the general public.
The play is normally referred to simply as The Bondman.
