The Duke's Motto
Le Bossu [The Hunchback]
Le Bossu ("The Hunchback") is a French play by Paul Féval
The Duke's Motto (Feval/Brougham)
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Adapted in English as The Duke's Motto by John Brougham and first presented at the Royal Lyceum Theatre on Saturday 10 January 1863.
Performance history in South Africa
1884-5: Performed by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
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.325
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