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==The original text==
 
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Written in Cape Town in 1893, while the author was  stationed at the Cape Town Castle as adjutant to Sir William Gordon Cameron. The play was to have been produced in London by George Alexander,  but F. Pigott, the then Examiner of Plays, objected to it and so this never occurred. The text was never published.  
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Written in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, in 1894/5, while the author was  stationed there. The play was Marshall's first financial success and led to his resigning from the military and becoming a full-time author.  
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The text published in London by [[William Heinemann]] in 1907. It was
  
 
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
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https://books.google.co.za/books?id=tGw-AAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Marshall_(dramatist)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Marshall_(dramatist)

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His Excellency, the Governor Robert Marshall



His Excellency the Governor is a play by Robert Marshall (1863-1910)[1]


The original text

Written in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, in 1894/5, while the author was stationed there. The play was Marshall's first financial success and led to his resigning from the military and becoming a full-time author.

The text published in London by William Heinemann in 1907. It was

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Apparently he did no more than write the plays in South Africa, for there is no indication that any of them were actually tried out or produced in South Africa during his sojourn there. Even the two that he wrote while stationed in Cape Town and Pietermaritzburg appear to have been sent to London producers directly for consideration.

Sources

https://books.google.co.za/books?id=tGw-AAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Marshall_(dramatist)

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