Grimaldi, or The Life of an Actress

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Grimaldi, or The Life of an Actress is a drama in five acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[1].

Also found as The Life of an Actress or Grimaldi.

The original text

The play was based on the life of the actor Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837)[2] and was first performed . Published by Samuel French, 1856.

Translations and adaptations

In 1914 the play was turned into a silent film Grimaldi[3] directed by Charles E. Vernon.

Performance history in South Africa

1876: Performed as The Life of an Actress in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 29 June, with Aunt Charlotte's Maid (Morton).

Sources

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Grimaldi.html?id=iO1MAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y

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

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 340, 363-4.


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