The King's Mistress

The original text

It may possibly have been (a version of) Mistress Nell, a popular four act play subtitled "a Merry Tale of a Merry Time ('twixt fact and fancy) by George C. Hazelton ()[], that opened at Wallack's Theatre on Broadway on 21 April, 1901, and was published by Scribner's, New York, 1901

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1907: Performed in Cape Town by the visiting Woods-Williamson Company during the first part of the year, as part of a short season at the Opera House, under the auspices of the Wheeler Brothers. The season also included The Garden of Lies (Grundy), In the Palace of the King (Stoddard) and The Gates of Bondage (Williamson). The season was not well received by the Cape Town public.

Sources

John Charles Franceschina. 2003. David Braham: The American Offenbach. Psychology Press: p.252[1]

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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.426-427

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