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Revision as of 12:21, 17 June 2026
The Prisoner of Zenda is an 1895 play by Edward Rose (1849-1904), adapted from the 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope.
Contents
The original story
The play opened in New York in 1895 starring E.H. Sothern and the next year in the West End in London starring George Alexander and Evelyn Millard.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1899: Presented by W.J. Holloway and his New English Company as part of a season of plays performed at the Opera House, Cape Town in July.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner_of_Zenda
Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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