The Dancing Girl
The Dancing Girl is a farce by Henry Arthur Jones (1851–1929)[1]
Contents
The original text
Performed and published in 1891.
Translations and adaptations
Filmed in 1915 as The Dancing Girl by the Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the play by Henry Arthur Jones and was directed by Allan Dwan.
Performance history in South Africa
1902: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, in June by Kate Vaughan and her company.
Sources
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.
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