The Gypsy Earl

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The Gipsy Earl is a play by George R. Sims (1847-1922)[1].

The original text

A melodrama about an Earl who gives his title to his younger brother, and joins a band of gypsies, it was first performed at the Adeplphi Theatre, London, on 31 Agust 1898 and playing till 10 December of the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1904: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the Leonard Rayne company between April and June.

Sources

J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. 2nd revised edition. Scarecrow Press: P.389[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 1923. (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.

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