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| − | ''[[The Eternal City]]'' is a play by Hal Caine ()[]. | + | ''[[The Eternal City]]'' is a play by Hal Caine (1853–1931)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Caine]. |
==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
| − | + | Originally written as a hugely successful novel, which was the first novel to have sold over a million copies worldwide, the stage version of ''[[The Eternal City]]'' | |
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| + | It opened on Broadway in 1902. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Filmed in 1915 as a silent film[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eternal_City_(1915_film)], directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter | + | Filmed in 1915 as a silent film[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eternal_City_(1915_film)], was released by produced by Adolph Zukor and the Famous Players Film Company, directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter. A remake of the film was filmed in 1923, directed by George Fitzmaurice. and starring Barbara La Marr, Bert Lytell, and Lionel Barrymore. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Caine | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eternal_City_(1915_film) | ||
[[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 1923. (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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
Revision as of 06:12, 1 August 2019
The Eternal City is a play by Hal Caine (1853–1931)[1].
Contents
The original text
Originally written as a hugely successful novel, which was the first novel to have sold over a million copies worldwide, the stage version of The Eternal City
It opened on Broadway in 1902.
Translations and adaptations
Filmed in 1915 as a silent film[2], was released by produced by Adolph Zukor and the Famous Players Film Company, directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter. A remake of the film was filmed in 1923, directed by George Fitzmaurice. and starring Barbara La Marr, Bert Lytell, and Lionel Barrymore.
Performance history in South Africa
1902-3: Performed by Leonard Rayne at the Opera House, Cape Town, under the auspices of the Mouillot-De Jong Company, as part of a season of musical comedy and light opera beginning in December of 1902 and running into 1903.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Caine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eternal_City_(1915_film)
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 1923. (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.
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