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''[[Is She Guiltless?]]'' is an unknown play performed in South Africa in 1892.  
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''[[Is She Guiltless?]]'' is the title of an unknown play performed in South Africa in 1892.  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Though mentioned by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) as one of the plays done by [[Emilie Bevan]] and her company,  no such play can be found. F.C.L. Bosman (1980) suggests it may have been a play called ''[[A. Fanequez called ''[[Is She Guilty?]]'' - though no record of either the title or the playwright have been found.  
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Though mentioned by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) as one of the plays done by [[Emilie Bevan]] and her company,  no such play can be found. [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) suggests it may if fact have been a play called called '''''[[Is She Guilty?]]''''' by "A. Fanequez" - a record of neither the title nor the playwright has  been found.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1894: Performed in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of their second season.
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1894: Performed as ''[[Is She Guiltless?]]'' in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of their second season.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_M._Greene
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struck_Oil_(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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

Latest revision as of 06:27, 5 May 2020

Is She Guiltless? is the title of an unknown play performed in South Africa in 1892.

The original text

Though mentioned by D.C. Boonzaier (1923) as one of the plays done by Emilie Bevan and her company, no such play can be found. F.C.L. Bosman (1980) suggests it may if fact have been a play called called Is She Guilty? by "A. Fanequez" - a record of neither the title nor the playwright has been found.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1894: Performed as Is She Guiltless? in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of their second season.

Sources

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.394-5

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