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''[[Miriam's Crime]]'' is a comedy in two acts by Craven
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''[[Miriam's Crime]]'' is a comedy in two acts by H.T. Craven ()[].
  
  

Revision as of 05:39, 18 September 2020

Miriam's Crime is a comedy in two acts by H.T. Craven ()[].


The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1865: Performed by the Ray and Cooper Company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 30 October (and billed a comedy in 2 acts), with Villikins and his Dinah (Burnand).

1875: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 5 July (and billed a play in 3 acts, "adapted from the celebrated novel"), with The Daughter of the Regiment

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.192-3, 325, 361, 388

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

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