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''[[Motherless]]'' is a play by an unknown author.
  
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==The original text==
  
It appears the play ''[[Motherless]]'' may have been another English adaptation of ''[[Les Deux Orphelines]]'' (D'Ennery  and Cormon,  1874) - perhaps the source of the silent film released  in 1909.
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To date nothing has been found on a text by this name, except for references to it in articles on [[Hilda Attenboro]] and the 1909 silent film by this name (an adaptation of ''[[Les Deux Orphelines]]'' by D'Ennery  and Cormon,  1874). Perhaps the play was itself also an English version of the French play - and so ultimately the source of the silent film .
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1914: A play with this title was performed at the [[Orpheum Theatre]] in Johannesburg by the [[Hoffman-King Company]], with a cast including [[Hilda Attenboro]].
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== Sources ==
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''New Zealand Herald'', 16 October 1915
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''NZ Truth'', 7 October 1916
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''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 10 June 1919
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https://ozvta.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/variety-performers-in-radio-list-1112017.pdf
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5391139/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants, carnivals and public performances]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]

Revision as of 06:26, 7 May 2019

Motherless is a play by an unknown author.

The original text

To date nothing has been found on a text by this name, except for references to it in articles on Hilda Attenboro and the 1909 silent film by this name (an adaptation of Les Deux Orphelines by D'Ennery and Cormon, 1874). Perhaps the play was itself also an English version of the French play - and so ultimately the source of the silent film . .

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1914: A play with this title was performed at the Orpheum Theatre in Johannesburg by the Hoffman-King Company, with a cast including Hilda Attenboro.

Sources

New Zealand Herald, 16 October 1915

NZ Truth, 7 October 1916

Rand Daily Mail, 10 June 1919

https://ozvta.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/variety-performers-in-radio-list-1112017.pdf

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5391139/?ref_=nv_sr_1


Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants, carnivals and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page