Little Lord Fauntleroy is the name of a play by

The novel

Little Lord Fauntleroy is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett ()[]. First published as a serial in St. Nicholas Magazine from November 1885 to October 1886, it was published in book form by Scribner's in 1886.

Besides the stage adaptations by E.V. Seebohm and by Burnett herself, numerous film and TV adaptations have been made of the novel over the years.

The plays

Little Lord Fauntleroy, a comedy by E. V. Seebohm (1888)

The original text

The play was initially adapted for the stage by E.V. Seebohm ()[].

When Burnett found out about Beerbohm's version, she sued the author for plagiarism in 1888 and won the case. This decision would become a landmark event in copyright law.[1]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on

Little Lord Fauntleroy, a play by Burnett (1888)

The original text

Having won her case agains Seebohm, Burnett adapted the novel for the stage herself and her version then premiered at Terry's Theatre, London, on 14 May 14, 1888, going on to play in the English provinces, France, Boston and New York City. The New York production opened in the Broadway Theatre, on 10 December, 1888.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

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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