The Idiot of the Mountain
a play by Grange and Thiboust.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into English as a three-act play called The Idiot of the Mountain by Suter.
Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed in English as The Idiot of the Mountain by the Disney Roebuck Company under the temporary management of Charles Wilstone in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of the season
Sources
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: p.346, footnote 214.
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