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| − | ''[[Queen's Evidence]]'' is a play by George Conquest (1837-1901)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Augustus_Conquest] and | + | ''[[Queen's Evidence]]'' is a play by George Conquest (1837-1901)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Augustus_Conquest] and Henry Petitt (1843-1898)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Pettitt]. |
''Not to be confused with the 1919 British silent adventure film called ''Queen's Evidence''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Evidence_(film)], which was based on the play ''[[Adam and Eve]]'' by C.E. Munro and Louisa Parr.'' | ''Not to be confused with the 1919 British silent adventure film called ''Queen's Evidence''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Evidence_(film)], which was based on the play ''[[Adam and Eve]]'' by C.E. Munro and Louisa Parr.'' | ||
Revision as of 06:55, 8 August 2019
Queen's Evidence is a play by George Conquest (1837-1901)[1] and Henry Petitt (1843-1898)[2].
Not to be confused with the 1919 British silent adventure film called Queen's Evidence[3], which was based on the play Adam and Eve by C.E. Munro and Louisa Parr.
Contents
The original text
1876
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1884-5: Performed by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
Sources
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p.415[4]
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 1923. (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.325
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