Mr Barnes of New York
Mr Barnes of New York is a play by Hal Collier-Edwards ()[].
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The original text
The play is based on the popular novel published in 1887 by American author Archibald Clavering Gunter (1847-1907)[1], telling of the European travels and adventures of Burton H. Barnes, including a romance with an English girl and involvement in a Corsican vendetta. The adaption as a stage play was done by in 1888, and .
Translations and adaptations
Two silent film versions were also made of the novel, one in 1914 and another in 1922.
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
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 1932. (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.391
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