Le Truc d' Arthur

Le Truc d' Arthur ("Arthur's trick") is a French comedy in three acts by Alfred Duru (1829-1889)[1] and Henri Chivot (1830-1897)[2].

The original text

First performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal 14 October, 1882. Published by P.V. Stock, 1908, as Volume 9 of Auteurs dramatiques

Translations and adaptations

Adapted into English as Gloriana (later renamed My Artful Valet) by James Mortimer. First performed (as Gloriana) at the Globe Theatre, London, on 10 November 1891.

Performance history in South Africa

1903: Performed as My Artful Valet by the James Welch Company as part of a season of plays that also included The New Clown (Paull), Cousin Kate (Howard) and The Man in the Street (Parker).

1904: The James Welch Company returned to the Opera House, Cape Town at the beginning of the year for another short season with the four plays.

Sources

https://data.bnf.fr/39494505/le_truc_d_arthur_spectacle_1882/

The Theatre, Volume 28[3]

J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Scarecrow Press: p. 92.[4]

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.203-205

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