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''Moths'' (a novel in three volumes, Chatto and Windus 1880) was originally written as a popular novel by Ovida (Louise Ramé, 1839-1908)[], and deals with such Victorian taboos as adultery, domestic violence, and divorce. The work was the author's fifteenth novel, and possibly her most popular - though savaged by critics. The work saw numerous adaptations to the stage in the Victorian era - many done without her approval. | ''Moths'' (a novel in three volumes, Chatto and Windus 1880) was originally written as a popular novel by Ovida (Louise Ramé, 1839-1908)[], and deals with such Victorian taboos as adultery, domestic violence, and divorce. The work was the author's fifteenth novel, and possibly her most popular - though savaged by critics. The work saw numerous adaptations to the stage in the Victorian era - many done without her approval. | ||
| − | The first version seems to have been by Henry Hamilton (1855-1918), a version that opened at the Globe Theatre London on 25 March, 1882. Another adaptation was by John C. Chute ()[], opening in the Theatre Royal, Croydon, in July of the same year. A third, probably by actress Marion Grace ()[], opened at the Royal Opera House, London, in October. A fourth adaptation, by W.F. Lyon ()[], opened in Peterborough on 12 February 1883. | + | The first version seems to have been by Henry Hamilton (1855-1918)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hamilton_(playwright)], a version that opened at the Globe Theatre London on 25 March, 1882. Another adaptation was by John C. Chute ()[], opening in the Theatre Royal, Croydon, in July of the same year. A third, probably by actress Marion Grace ()[], opened at the Royal Opera House, London, in October. A fourth adaptation, by W.F. Lyon ()[], opened in Peterborough on 12 February 1883. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 10:25, 29 October 2019
Moths is the title of a number of 19th century plays, based on a novel by Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé, 1839-1908)[1].
Not to be confused with Moths, the 2015 Australian play by Michele Lee[2]
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The original text
Moths (a novel in three volumes, Chatto and Windus 1880) was originally written as a popular novel by Ovida (Louise Ramé, 1839-1908)[], and deals with such Victorian taboos as adultery, domestic violence, and divorce. The work was the author's fifteenth novel, and possibly her most popular - though savaged by critics. The work saw numerous adaptations to the stage in the Victorian era - many done without her approval.
The first version seems to have been by Henry Hamilton (1855-1918)[3], a version that opened at the Globe Theatre London on 25 March, 1882. Another adaptation was by John C. Chute ()[], opening in the Theatre Royal, Croydon, in July of the same year. A third, probably by actress Marion Grace ()[], opened at the Royal Opera House, London, in October. A fourth adaptation, by W.F. Lyon ()[], opened in Peterborough on 12 February 1883.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1892: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August. It is uncertain which text was used in this case.
Sources
Introduction to "Moths" in Ouida. 2017. Delphi Collected Works of Ouida (Illustrated). Volume 26 of Delphi Series Eight, Delphi Classics[4]
T. Rebecca Kennamer. 2008. Review of Moths, by Ouida. Victorian Review, vol. 34 no. 1, 2008, p. 182-184. (Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/vcr.2008.0028.)[5]
Andrew King. 2016. Ouida and Victorian Popular Culture. Routledge.[6]
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 1932. (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.394-5
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