The Lights o' London
The Lights o' London is a melodrama by George R. Sims (1847-1922)[1]
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The original text
It was first produced in London on 10 September 1881 at the Princess's Theatre by Wilson Barrett and opened in New York at the Union Square Theatre in December 1881.
Translations and adaptations
The play was twice made into silent films, one directed by Bert Haldane (1914) the other by Charles Calvert (1923).
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lights_o%27_London
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Robert_Sims]
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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