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

1907: The Grundy version was performed in Cape Town by the Woods-Williamson Company during the first part of the year, as part of a short season at the Opera House. as part

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

The original text

Another adaptation for the stage by George H. Broadhurst (1866–1952)[2], was produced at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles in 1910.[3]

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[4]

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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