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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1885: Performed as ''[[The Silver King]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, produced as his last production by the then lessee Mr [[Henry Harper]] for a run of four weeks, opening on the 4th of May. The cast was led by [[H.C. Sidney]] and also featured | + | 1885: Performed as ''[[The Silver King]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, produced as his last production by the then lessee Mr [[Henry Harper]] for a run of four weeks, opening on the 4th of May. The cast was led by [[H.C. Sidney]] and also featured Ali[[ce Norton]], [[Sutton Vane]], [[Jacques du Toit]], [[Herbert Harries]], [[Robert Bolder]], [[Henry Harper]], [[Charles Wilstone]], [[Constance Young]], [[Emily Seyton]], and [[Kate Leechman]]. |
1885: Performed as ''[[The Silver King]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, produced by the new lessees, Mr [[H.C. Sidney]] and partner Mr [[H.J. Fiedler]], as part of their repertoire during the course of the year. | 1885: Performed as ''[[The Silver King]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, produced by the new lessees, Mr [[H.C. Sidney]] and partner Mr [[H.J. Fiedler]], as part of their repertoire during the course of the year. | ||
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The Silver King by H.A. Jones and H. Herman. ****
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Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Die Silwer Koning in 1931.
Performance history in South Africa
1885: Performed as The Silver King in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, produced as his last production by the then lessee Mr Henry Harper for a run of four weeks, opening on the 4th of May. The cast was led by H.C. Sidney and also featured Alice Norton, Sutton Vane, Jacques du Toit, Herbert Harries, Robert Bolder, Henry Harper, Charles Wilstone, Constance Young, Emily Seyton, and Kate Leechman.
1885: Performed as The Silver King in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, produced by the new lessees, Mr H.C. Sidney and partner Mr H.J. Fiedler, as part of their repertoire during the course of the year.
1931: Performed in Afrikaans as Die Silwer Koning by the Hanekom-Van Zyl-Geselskap while on tour, partly under the auspices of African Theatres. Besides the normal cast of Hendrik Hanekom, Mathilde Hanekom, Wena Naudé and Willem van Zyl, it introduced a child star, Sylvia Robertson, and Jac. J. du Toit to the South African public.
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 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.381.
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