Montjoye

Montjoye is a French play in four acts and an epilogue by Octave Feuillet (1821-1890)[1].

The original text

First performed in 1863

Translations and adaptations

Translated into German by Marie Saphir.

The play was adapted into English for W.H. Vernon under the title of Mammon by Sydney Grundy (1848-1914)[2], and first performed at the Strand Theatre, London, on 7 April, 1877. It became a standard item in Vernon's repertoire over the years, including his tours to the colonies and the USA.

Grundy's English play is not to be confused with Mammon and Gammon by Francis Talfourd, or Mammon, Robot Born of Woman, a "comedic play" by Robert Llewellyn.

In 1894 it was rewritten for Beerbohm-Tree as A Bunch of Violets (1894).

Performance history in South Africa

1891-2: Performed as Mammon by the Geneviève Ward Company during a nine months' tour of South Africa, under the auspices of Luscombe Searelle, featuring Geneviève Ward and W.H. Vernon in the leading roles.

Sources

"Online Books by Octave Feuillet", The Online Books Page[3]

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

"Grundy, Sidney" in Jean Chothia. 1996. English Drama of the Early Modern Period 1890-1940. Routledge: p. 305[4]

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900 (Volume 5, Late Nineteenth Century) Cambridge University Press:p.396 [5]

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.203-205

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