The Girl Who Took the Wrong Turning
The Girl Who Took the Wrong Turning is a tragedy by Walter Melville ()[].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
First performed in the Standard Theatre, London, in 1906.
Performance history in South Africa
1910: Performed by the visiting Walter Melville Dramatic Company in the Opera House, Cape Town under the auspices of the Wheeler Theatre Company.
Sources
Elaine Ashton and Ian Clarke. 1996. "The Dangerous Woman of Melvillean Melodrama" in New Theatre Quarterly 45: Volume 12, Part 1 (pp.30-42.)[1]
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. 434
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