The Bells

The Bells A one-act play by Leopold Lewis (1828-1890), a translation of the 1867 play Le Juif Polonais (The Polish Jew) by Erckmann-Chatrian. First performed at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on November 25, 1871, starring Sir Henry Irving as Mathias.

Notable in South Africa for being a play involved in the launching of the South African theatrical careers of two notable businessmen, Barney Barnato (who played "Matthias" in the Kimberley production) and that other pugilist-actor Harry Stodel, whose name first appears in its programme at Rowley's Music Hall, Johannesburg August 1890.

Act III of The Bells was the production in English of the Sonderwater Dramatic Society as their entry in the 1945 FATSSA Play Festival, directed by Captain J.M. Eloff.

Sources

Trek, 10(8):23, 1945.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bells_(play)

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