Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday is a play by Kyrle Bellew (1855-1911)[1]
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Opened at the Herald Square Theatre in New York City Mar 25, 1895 and at the Adelphi Theatre, London, on the 21st January, 1898. Became a standard piece for the Potter-Bellew Company, with Bellew in the role of "Marat".
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Performance history in South Africa
1892: Performed in Cape Town by the the Potter-Bellew Company, with Cora Brown-Potter as "Charlotte" and Bellew as "Marat".
1907: Performed by the Cora Brown-Potter company under the Wheeler management with A.G. Poulton as "Marat".
Sources
J. P. Wearing. 2013 (2nd edition). The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Scarecrow Press[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: p.427
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