The Garden of Lies is the name of a novel by Justus Miles Forman (published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1902 and Ward, Lock & Company, Limited, 1905). Two plays, one by Sydney Grundy (1904) and one by George H. Broadhurst (1910). Two films were also made of the story (1915 and )

The Garden of Lies by Sydney Grundy (1904)

The original text

Adapted for the stage by Sydney Grundy (1848-1914)[1], it was produced at the St. James’s Theatre in London on 3rd September 1904.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

The Garden of Lies by George H. Broadhurst (1910)

The original text

Adapted for the stage by George H. Broadhurst (1866–1952)[2], it was produced in Los Angeles on 28 May 1910.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/16937

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Grundy

Los Angeles Herald, Volume 37, Number 192, 11 April 1910[3]

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.426-7

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