The Rightful Heir
The Rightful Heir can refer to a number of works, among them:
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The Rightful Heir by Edward Bulwer Lytton ()[]
The original text
This is a drama in five acts,
Translations and adaptations
The Rightful Heir by "Der. F. la Yar"
The original text
Probably a burlesque of the Bulwer Lytton play, it was created/written by "Der. F. la Yar" (pseudonym based on a for Alfred Ray, a British soldier stationed at Cape Town. Also known as The Rightful Heir. The Dead Hand and the Hour of One
Translations and adaptations
Performance history of all plays by this title in South Africa
1876: Performed as The Rightful Heir by the Disney Roebuck Company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 19 September. As no author is given by F.C.L. Bosman, this could have been either play, though it is probably the Bulwer Lytton piece. The afterpiece was the burlesque of A Young Rip van Winkle (Reece).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1875 edition of Bulwer Lytton text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]
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. 342,
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