Bella Donna

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Bella Donna is a play by James Bernard Fagan (1873 –1933)[1]

The original text

Adapted from the 1909 novel of the same name by Robert Smythe Hichens, which tells the story of a flighty young Englishwoman who marries an Egyptologist. Once on the archaeological site she falls for a suave Egyptian, and plots to do away with her husband.

Fagan's adaptation was first performed on Broadway in 1912, featuring Alla Nazimova, and running for 72 performances.

Translations and adaptations

The novel has also been filmed on four occasions, three times under the title [Bella Donna]] (1915, 1923 and 1934) and once as Temptation (1946).

Performance history in South Africa

1917: Performed by the Howitt-Phillips Company and his company at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg, featuring Muriel Alexander, June Langley

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_Donna_(novel)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_Donna_(1915_film)#:~:text=Bella%20Donna%20was%20a%201915,name%20by%20Robert%20Smythe%20Hichens.

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