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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1907: Performed in Cape Town by the visiting [[Woods-Williamson Company]] during the first part of the year, as part of a short season at the [[Opera House]], under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]]. The  season also included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' (Williamson). The season was not well received by the Cape Town public.
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1907: Performed in Cape Town by the visiting [[Woods-Williamson Company]] during the first part of the year, as part of a short season at the [[Opera House]], under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]]. The  season also included ''[[The Garden of Lies]]'' (Grundy), ''[[In the Palace of the King]]'' (Stoddard) and ''[[The Gates of Bondage]]'' (Williamson). The season was not well received by the Cape Town public.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

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Performance history in South Africa

1907: Performed in Cape Town by the visiting Woods-Williamson Company during the first part of the year, as part of a short season at the Opera House, under the auspices of the Wheeler Brothers. The season also included The Garden of Lies (Grundy), In the Palace of the King (Stoddard) and The Gates of Bondage (Williamson). The season was not well received by the Cape Town public.

Sources

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.426-427

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