Moths
Moths is the title of a 19th century play based on a novel by Ovida (Louise Ramé, 1839-1908)[].
Not to be confused with Moths, the 2015 Australian play by Michele Lee[1]
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The original text
Moths was originally written as a popular novel by Ovida (Louise Ramé, 1839-1908)[], and saw numerous adaptations to the stage in the Victorian era.
The first seems to have been by Henry Hamilton (1855-1918), a version that opened at the Globe Theatre London in 1883.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1892: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August. It is uncertain which text was used in this case.
Sources
Andrew King. 2016. Ouida and Victorian Popular Culture. Routledge: pp.74-5 [2]
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.394-5
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