Sowing the Wind
Sowing the Wind is a in four acts play by Sydney Grundy (1848-1914)[1].
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The original text
It opened at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1893 and was originally published in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Twice filmed, in 1916 as a British silent film and in 1921 in an American silent version by John M. Stahl.
Performance history in South Africa
1897: Performed in Cape Town during January by Edward Sass and a company under the management of the Wheeler Brothers.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sowing_the_Wind_(play)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Grundy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sowing_the_Wind_(1916_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sowing_the_Wind_(1921_film)
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: p.405
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