Difference between revisions of "The Profligate"
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| − | Translated and adapted into German by Oscar Blumenthal ( | + | Translated and adapted into German by Oscar Blumenthal (also found as Oskar Blumenthal, 1852-1917)[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Blumenthal] as ''[[Falsche Heilige]]'' ("False Saint") and performed in at the Stadttheater, Hamburg, in 1891. Published by Bloch, 1891. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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The Profligate is a play in four acts by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Garrick Theatre, London on 24 April, 1889. First Printed, 1891 by William Heinemann.
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into German by Oscar Blumenthal (also found as Oskar Blumenthal, 1852-1917)[2] as Falsche Heilige ("False Saint") and performed in at the Stadttheater, Hamburg, in 1891. Published by Bloch, 1891.
Performance history in South Africa
1892: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.
Sources
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Profligate, by Arthur Wing Pinero[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wing_Pinero
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 1932. (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.394-5
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