Les Deux Gosses

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Les Deux Gosses is a short French play by Pierre Decourcelle ()[]

The original text

Based on the 1880 novel of the same name by Pierre Decourcelle,

which had previously been made into a silent film The Two Boys

Les Deux Gosses was first performed at the Théâtre de lAmbigu-Comique, Paris, on 19 February 1896.

Translations and adaptations

The play was translated and adapted into English as Two Little Vagabonds by George R. Sims and Arthur Shirley, and first produced at the Princess's Theatre, London, on 23 September, 1896.

Twice filmed, in 1924 as a French silent film directed by Louis Mercanton (also released as "The Two Boys") and as a Ffrench sound film called Les deux Gosses in 1936, directed by Fernand Rivers.

Performance history in South Africa

1897: Performed in English as Two Little Vagabonds by Leonard Rayne and his company as part of his touring repertoire, inter alia opening at the Opera House, Cape Town on 3 August..

1917: Performed in English as Two Little Vagabonds by Leonard Rayne and his company at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg and as part of his touring repertoire.

1920: Performed by Leonard Rayne and his company at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg and as part of his touring repertoire.

Sources

https://theatricalia.com/play/dkp/two-little-vagabonds

https://www.mediastorehouse.com/mary-evans-prints-online/little-vagabonds-george-r-sims-arthur-shirley-14259376.html

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.203-205

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