Difference between revisions of "Dora"
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Dora is a French play by of Victorien Sardou ()[].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted for the English and American Stage as Diplomacy by Benjamin Charles Stephenson, and Saville Rowe (i.e. Clement Scott)
The text published by Rosenfield, 190?
Twice filmed, in 1916 as a silent film by the Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures and in 1926 by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures.
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed in English as Diplomacy by Madame Pearman's company in the Theatre Royal in Burg Street, Cape Town, as part of a short season of plays that began on 22 November. The production featured Emily Levettez as "Zicka" and Adolphus Ellis as "Baron Stein".
1892: Performed in English as Diplomacy by the Emilie Bevan Comedy Company in The Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, as part of a season of plays that ran from 8 August to late October.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy_(1916_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy_(1926_film)
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: pp.203-205
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