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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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Possibly a version (or adaptation?) of ''[[The French Spy, or The Siege of Constantina]]'' by John Thomas Haines.
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S. French, 1861
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
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Facsimile version of the 1861 version of ''[[The French Spy, or The Siege of Constantina]]'', Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=qJVDAQAAMAAJ&q=The+French+Spy+by+John+Thomas+Haines%22&dq=The+French+Spy+by+John+Thomas+Haines%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3wOH7z7LVAhUnD8AKHQpfDXUQ6AEIIjAA]
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.

Revision as of 05:58, 31 July 2017

The French Spy, or The Wild Arab of the Desert

The original text

Possibly a version (or adaptation?) of The French Spy, or The Siege of Constantina by John Thomas Haines.

S. French, 1861

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed as The French Spy, or The Wild Arab of the Desert in Cape Town by the Le Roy and Duret Company on 9 and 11 April, with Madame Duret portraying three characters, as well as six in the accompanying play, The Actress Of All Work, or My Country Cousin (Oxberry).

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1861 version of The French Spy, or The Siege of Constantina, Google E-book[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.


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