Les Deux Gosses
Les Deux Gosses is the name of a novel by Pierre Decourcelle (1856-1926)[1] and a short French play based on the novel
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The original text
Les Deux Gosses is the story of two you
The novel ("The two kids") was published in 3 volumesby Éditions Rouff, Paris, in 1880, with illustrations by H. Meyer, Jonnard, and others.
Adapted for the stage by the author, Les Deux Gosses was first performed at the Théâtre de lAmbigu-Comique, Paris, on 19 February 1896.
In 1941 Robert Ancelin did another adaptation
Translations and adaptations
The play was translated and adapted into English as Two Little Vagabonds by George R. Sims and Arthur Shirley, and first produced at the Princess's Theatre, London, on 23 September, 1896.
Twice filmed, in 1924 as a French silent film directed by Louis Mercanton (also released as "The Two Boys") and as a Ffrench sound film called Les deux Gosses in 1936, directed by Fernand Rivers.
Performance history in South Africa
1897: Performed in English as Two Little Vagabonds by Leonard Rayne and his company as part of his touring repertoire, inter alia opening at the Opera House, Cape Town on 3 August..
1917: Performed in English as Two Little Vagabonds by Leonard Rayne and his company at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg and as part of his touring repertoire.
1920: Performed by Leonard Rayne and his company at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg and as part of his touring repertoire.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Decourcelle
https://theatricalia.com/play/dkp/two-little-vagabonds
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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