The Gates of Bondage
The Gates of Bondage is a play in five acts by Maud Williamson ()[]
Contents
The original text
A dramatisation of the novel The Deemster by Hal Caine ()[], .
It was performed throughout the British Empire by the Woods-Williamson Company, led by Alfred Woods and Maud Williamson.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1907: Performed in Cape Town by the visiting Woods-Williamson Company during the first part of the year, as part of a short season at the Opera House.
Sources
Review of a production of the play by the Woods-Williamson Company in Auckland, New Zealand, in New Zealand Heraldof 2 September, 1898[1]
Review of an Australian production of the play by the Woods-Williamson Company in the Theatre Royal, Hobart,Tasmania, on page 2 of The Mercury of July 26, 1900, Trove[2]
Review of an Australian production of the play by the Woods-Williamson Company in the Royal Princess's Theatre Bendigo, Victoria, on page 7 of the Bendigo Advertiser of 17 April, 1911. Trove [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.426-427 Go to ESAT Bibliography
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