Under Two Flags
Under Two Flags is a best-selling novel by Ouida, and also the name of the dramatized version.
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The original text
The novel Under Two Flags was published in 1867 and became Ouida's most famous book. The novel tells the story of an English aristocrat, apparently in disgrace, who disappears and joins a French battalion in Algeria, loosely based on the Foreign Legion.
Translations and adaptations
The novel was adapted for the stage as Under Two Flags and performed on Broadway play by Paul M. Potter in 1901, running for 135 performances at the Garden Theatre, starring Blanche Bates and Maclyn Arbuckle, directed by David Belasco and produced by Charles Frohman.
Performance history in South Africa
1903: A stage version of Under Two Flags was performed in South Africa by Leonard Rayne and his company, opening at the Gaiety Theatre, Johannesburg, on 20 June, 1903. The cast and crew included the actor and stage manager Arthur Sinbad Pitt.
Sources
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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