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Revision as of 06:48, 29 October 2019
Moths is a play in three acts by
Not to be confused with Moths, the 2015 Australian play by Michele Lee[1]
Contents
The original text
This is a play based on Ovida's popular 1881 novel Moths, which saw numerous adaptations to the stage. The first by Henry Hamilton (1855-1918), which opened at the Globe Theatre London in 1883.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1892: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.
Sources
Andrew King. Ouida and Victorian Popular Culture Pp.74-5 [2]
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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