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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
J. P. Wearing. 2013 (2nd edition). ''The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Scarecrow Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nF8pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA368&lpg=PA368&dq=Charlotte+Corday+by+Kyrle+Bellew&source=bl&ots=hfiVYbNo8D&sig=vv2rWbSKyMoM-13dZtRnQyD6PKM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiuw9fHwp7fAhVCgxoKHSXNAs04ChDoATACegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=Charlotte%20Corday%20by%20Kyrle%20Bellew&f=false]
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J. P. Wearing. 2013 . ''The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Second edition, Scarecrow Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nF8pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA368&lpg=PA368&dq=Charlotte+Corday+by+Kyrle+Bellew&source=bl&ots=hfiVYbNo8D&sig=vv2rWbSKyMoM-13dZtRnQyD6PKM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiuw9fHwp7fAhVCgxoKHSXNAs04ChDoATACegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=Charlotte%20Corday%20by%20Kyrle%20Bellew&f=false]
  
 
[[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

Revision as of 07:17, 14 December 2018

Charlotte Corday is a play by Kyrle Bellew (1855-1911)[1]

The original text

Opened at the Herald Square Theatre in New York City Mar 25, 1895 and at the Adelphi Theatre, London, on the 21st January, 1898. Became a standard piece for the Potter-Bellew Company, with Bellew in the role of "Marat".

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1892: Performed in Cape Town by the the Potter-Bellew Company, with Cora Brown-Potter as "Charlotte" and Bellew as "Marat".

1907: Performed by the Cora Brown-Potter company under the Wheeler management with A.G. Poulton as "Marat".

Sources

J. P. Wearing. 2013 . The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Second edition, Scarecrow Press[2]

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 1923. (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: p.427


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