Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire is play by E.G. Sutherland and Booth Tarkington.
The original text
Based on the short novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington (first published in 1900), it was adapted as a play by Tarkington and Sutherland in 1904 and first performed starring Evelyn Millard and Lewis Waller, the play received a Royal Command Performance at Windsor Castle before Edward VII.
In 1924-25 it was a considerable West End success for Gerald Lawrence, who played the lead.
Performed in South Africa
In 1929 a West End theatre company from London, led by actor-manager Gerald Lawrence, toured South Africa and Rhodesia, putting on a portfolio of plays, including Monsieur Beaucaire. The tour played in venues owned by African Theatres Ltd. and started in Johannesburg on 1st April 1929 and finished in Cape Town on 3rd October.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Beaucaire_(novel)
J. P. Wearing, "The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel"[1]
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