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==The original text==
 
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Sir Walter Scott's historical novel,  ''Kenilworth. A Romance'', was dramatized a number of times by various authors, over the years, appearing under a variety of titles.  
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Sir Walter Scott's historical novel,  ''Kenilworth. A Romance'', was first published in three volumes on 8 January 1821, and has been adapted and dramatized a number of times by various authors over the years, appearing under a variety of titles.  
  
 
Among them:  
 
Among them:  
  
Kenilworth Castle, or The Days of Queen Bess, the by  Scott, first published on 8 January 1821, it was one of It was dramatized by Planché and first performed at the Adelphi Theatre on 9 February, 1821.
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''[[Kenilworth Castle, or The Days of Queen Bess]]'', a three act version by  James Robinson Planché, appears to have been first, for it was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre on 9 February, 1821.
  
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In 1822 followed a four act drama entitled ''[[Kenilworth. A Romance]]'' by an anonymous dramatist, which was performed in Edinburgh in 1822, and  published there by James L. Huie in 1823.
  
''[[Kenilworth, or The Golden Days of Queen Bess]]''.Published in London by Hodgson, 1823
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''[[Kenilworth, or The Golden Days of Queen Bess]]'' Published in London by Hodgson, 1823
  
A four act drama entitled ''[[Kenilworth. A Romance]]'' was performed in Edinburgh in 1822, and  published there by James L. Huie in 1823.  
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Kenilworth: Or, The golden days of Queen Bess
 
Kenilworth: Or, The golden days of Queen Bess

Revision as of 05:39, 28 July 2016

Kenilworth Castle, or The Days of Queen Bess is a play in three acts by James Robinson Planché,

The original text

Sir Walter Scott's historical novel, Kenilworth. A Romance, was first published in three volumes on 8 January 1821, and has been adapted and dramatized a number of times by various authors over the years, appearing under a variety of titles.

Among them:

Kenilworth Castle, or The Days of Queen Bess, a three act version by James Robinson Planché, appears to have been first, for it was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre on 9 February, 1821.

In 1822 followed a four act drama entitled Kenilworth. A Romance by an anonymous dramatist, which was performed in Edinburgh in 1822, and published there by James L. Huie in 1823.

Kenilworth, or The Golden Days of Queen Bess Published in London by Hodgson, 1823


Kenilworth: Or, The golden days of Queen Bess

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1832: Performed in South Africa as Kenilworth, or The Days of Queen Bess ("a drama in four acts") for the first time on 11 August by the All the World's a Stage in the African Theatre, with as afterpiece Catherine and Petruchio, or The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare).

Sources

http://www.eighteenthcenturydrama.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/HL_LA_mssLA2205

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenilworth_(novel)

https://clio.columbia.edu//catalog/6204933


F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp.


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