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''[[The Fires of Fate]]'' is a play in 4 acts by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle]
 
''[[The Fires of Fate]]'' is a play in 4 acts by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle]
  
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==The original text==
  
 
Subtitled "A Modern Morality Play", it is an adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle's own novel ''The Tragedy of the Korosko'' (1897). The stage adaptation was first performed at the Lyric Theatre, London, on 15 June 1909. It later transferred to the Haymarket Theatre (12 to 31 August 1909) and the Lyric Theatre (6 September to 9 October 1909). First performed in the USA at the Illinois Theatre, Chicago, 1909 and New York’s Liberty Theatre in December 1909.
 
Subtitled "A Modern Morality Play", it is an adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle's own novel ''The Tragedy of the Korosko'' (1897). The stage adaptation was first performed at the Lyric Theatre, London, on 15 June 1909. It later transferred to the Haymarket Theatre (12 to 31 August 1909) and the Lyric Theatre (6 September to 9 October 1909). First performed in the USA at the Illinois Theatre, Chicago, 1909 and New York’s Liberty Theatre in December 1909.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1910: Performed by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company as part of a South African new season, including performances in  Cape Town.
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== Sources ==
  
 
https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Fires_of_Fate_(play_1909)
 
https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Fires_of_Fate_(play_1909)
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http://freeread.com.au/@RGLibrary/ArthurConanDoyle/PoetryDrama/TheFiresOfFate.html
 
http://freeread.com.au/@RGLibrary/ArthurConanDoyle/PoetryDrama/TheFiresOfFate.html
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[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.433
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Revision as of 09:49, 17 December 2019

The Fires of Fate is a play in 4 acts by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)[1]

The original text

Subtitled "A Modern Morality Play", it is an adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle's own novel The Tragedy of the Korosko (1897). The stage adaptation was first performed at the Lyric Theatre, London, on 15 June 1909. It later transferred to the Haymarket Theatre (12 to 31 August 1909) and the Lyric Theatre (6 September to 9 October 1909). First performed in the USA at the Illinois Theatre, Chicago, 1909 and New York’s Liberty Theatre in December 1909.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1910: Performed by Leonard Rayne and his company as part of a South African new season, including performances in Cape Town.

Sources

https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Fires_of_Fate_(play_1909)

Facsimile version of a typewritten Promptbook for The Fires of Fate, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library Digital Collections[2]

http://freeread.com.au/@RGLibrary/ArthurConanDoyle/PoetryDrama/TheFiresOfFate.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.433

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 and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page