The White Queen
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The White Queen is a play by J.W. Boulding
Not to be confused with Philippa Gregory's novel or the BBC series based on it.
The original text
A historical play set in the time of Louis XII, The White Queen is a dramatization of Wilkie Collins's mystery novel The Woman in White (), and was specifically written for the actress Lillian Bedard by "Palgrave of London". She produced it herself most successfully in London, and later took it on her many international tours as part of her repertoire.
1888-9 Performed by Lillian Beddard and her company in South Africa, inter alia at the Theatre Royal, Johannesburg, with Beddard as "Lady Mary".
