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''[[Kenilworth. A Romance]]'' is a  3 volume historical novel by Sir Walter Scott.
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==The original text==
 
 
 
The first volume of the novel was first published on 8 January 1821.
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
Scott's popular novel has been adapted and dramatized a number of times by various authors over the years, appearing under a variety of titles. Among them:
 
 
 
 
 
''[[Kenilworth Castle, or The Days of Queen Bess]]'', a three act version by James Robinson Planché, appears to have been first, for it was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre on 9 February, 1821.
 
 
 
In 1822 followed a four act drama entitled ''[[Kenilworth, A Historical Drama]]'' by an anonymous dramatist (possibly even Scott himself, who had dabbled in dramatisation before), which was performed in Edinburgh in 1822, and  published there by James L. Huie in 1823.
 
 
 
''[[Kenilworth, or The Golden Days of Queen Bess]]'' Published in London by Hodgson, 1823 by and for W. Cole 1823.
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1832: A play entitled ''[[Kenilworth, or The Days of Queen Bess]]'' ("a drama in four acts") was performed in South Africa for the first time on 11 August by the [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre]],  with ''[[Catherine and Petruchio, or The Taming of the Shrew]]'' (Shakespeare) as afterpiece. The particular text used is not specified in the sources, but the title suggests the Planché version, though the four acts again point to
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
http://www.eighteenthcenturydrama.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/HL_LA_mssLA2205
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenilworth_(novel)
 
 
 
https://clio.columbia.edu//catalog/6204933
 
 
 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kenilworth-golden-days-Queen-Bess/dp/B00085RF8W
 
 
 
Facsimile version of the 1823 text of ''Kenilworth, A Historical Drama'', Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=FxJXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Kenilworth+,+or+The+Days+of+Queen+Bess&source=bl&ots=i3I-Mu9stt&sig=II41uX327IvCedTwJp0htXXUUr4&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi13t-wm5XOAhVICcAKHUDfC64Q6AEIOjAG#v=onepage&q=Kenilworth%20%2C%20or%20The%20Days%20of%20Queen%20Bess&f=false]
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.
 
 
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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