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 and made its debut at the Broadway Theatre in New York on October 15, 1888.
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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