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| − | In dire need of money Dion Boucicault ()[] collaborated with three journalists - Seymour, Goodrich, and Warden - to adapt the plauy into English as ''[[The Poor of New York]]''. First performed at Wallack's Theatre, New York, in 1857, to poor critical response, but popular with audiences, the play was soon adapted to other cities where it was performed, and billed under a vast number of names, including ''[[The Streets of New York]]'', ''[[The Poor of Liverpool]] | + | In dire need of money Dion Boucicault ()[] collaborated with three journalists - Seymour, Goodrich, and Warden - to adapt the plauy into English as ''[[The Poor of New York]]''. First performed at Wallack's Theatre, New York, in 1857, to poor critical response, but popular with audiences, the play was soon adapted to other cities where it was performed, and billed under a vast number of names, including ''[[The Streets of New York]]'', The Streets of Philadelphia, The Poor of the London Streets, ''[[The Poor of Liverpool]] , ''[[The Streets of Islington]]'', ''[[The Streets of London]]'', ''[[The Streets of Dublin]]'', etc. In the British colonies it was best remembered as ''[[The Streets of London]]'' or ''[[The Streets of Dublin]]''. |
| − | Filmed as ''[[The Streets of London]]'' in 1934 by | + | Filmed as ''[[The Streets of London]]'' in 1934 by |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 17:59, 16 June 2020
Les Pauvres de Paris by Edouard-Louis-Alexandre Brisbarre ()[] and Eugene Nus ()[].
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Translations and adaptations
In dire need of money Dion Boucicault ()[] collaborated with three journalists - Seymour, Goodrich, and Warden - to adapt the plauy into English as The Poor of New York. First performed at Wallack's Theatre, New York, in 1857, to poor critical response, but popular with audiences, the play was soon adapted to other cities where it was performed, and billed under a vast number of names, including The Streets of New York, The Streets of Philadelphia, The Poor of the London Streets, The Poor of Liverpool , The Streets of Islington, The Streets of London, The Streets of Dublin, etc. In the British colonies it was best remembered as The Streets of London or The Streets of Dublin.
Filmed as The Streets of London in 1934 by
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
The Streets of London, University of Kent Special Collections and Archives[1]
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.203-205
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