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| − | ''Monsieur Beaucaire'' is | + | ''[[Monsieur Beaucaire]]'' is play by E.G. Sutherland and Booth Tarkington. |
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| + | == The original text == | ||
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| + | Based on the short novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington (first published in 1900), it was adapted as a play by Tarkington and Sutherland in 1900 and first performed starring Evelyn Millard and Lewis Waller, the play received a Royal Command Performance at Windsor Castle before Edward VII. | ||
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| + | In 1924 it was a success for Gerald Lawrence. | ||
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| + | == Performed in South Africa == | ||
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It was one of the plays performed in 1929 by a West End theatre company from London headed by actor-manager [[Gerald Lawrence]] on a South African tour. | It was one of the plays performed in 1929 by a West End theatre company from London headed by actor-manager [[Gerald Lawrence]] on a South African tour. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Beaucaire_(novel) | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Beaucaire_(novel) | ||
| + | https://books.google.co.za/books?id=5vFEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA278&lpg=PA278&dq=Monsieur+Beaucaire+Gerald+Lawrence&source=bl&ots=eeLIrELcLT&sig=dlTo6-ZP06riIwcGElJQxi6Myp4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMIkczj1ojfxgIVsgjbCh0hpQls#v=onepage&q=Monsieur%20Beaucaire%20Gerald%20Lawrence&f=false | ||
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Revision as of 09:01, 16 July 2015
Monsieur Beaucaire is play by E.G. Sutherland and Booth Tarkington.
The original text
Based on the short novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington (first published in 1900), it was adapted as a play by Tarkington and Sutherland in 1900 and first performed starring Evelyn Millard and Lewis Waller, the play received a Royal Command Performance at Windsor Castle before Edward VII.
In 1924 it was a success for Gerald Lawrence.
Performed in South Africa
It was one of the plays performed in 1929 by a West End theatre company from London headed by actor-manager Gerald Lawrence on a South African tour.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Beaucaire_(novel)
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