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Based on Hal Caine's own 1890 best-selling novel of the same name, set in the Isle of Man and Iceland. | Based on Hal Caine's own 1890 best-selling novel of the same name, set in the Isle of Man and Iceland. | ||
| − | Caine adapted it into a play himself, making a few changes, inter alia to the ending, and moving the setting from Iceland to Sicily. After a few readings and informal try-outs of various versions, final version of the play, entitled [[The Bondman Play]]'', opened on Friday 21 September 1906, in the Drury Lane Theatre, in a production by Arthur Collins. | + | Caine adapted it into a play himself, making a few changes, inter alia to the ending, and moving the setting from Iceland to Sicily. After a few readings and informal try-outs of various versions, final version of the play, entitled [[The Bondman Play]]'', opened on Friday 21 September 1906, in the Drury Lane Theatre, in a production by Arthur Collins. Though poorly received by the critics, it was highly successful with the general public. |
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Revision as of 07:05, 1 May 2018
The Bondman is a play by Hal Caine (1853–1931)[1]
Based on Hal Caine's own 1890 best-selling novel of the same name, set in the Isle of Man and Iceland.
Caine adapted it into a play himself, making a few changes, inter alia to the ending, and moving the setting from Iceland to Sicily. After a few readings and informal try-outs of various versions, final version of the play, entitled The Bondman Play, opened on Friday 21 September 1906, in the Drury Lane Theatre, in a production by Arthur Collins. Though poorly received by the critics, it was highly successful with the general public.
The play is normally referred to simply as The Bondman.
