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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1867: A play listed by Bosman (1980: p. 231) as ''[[The World and The Stage]]'' (and billed as "Tom Taylor's Great Play") was performed by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 18 and 21 November with Brough's [[burlesque]] version of Euripides's ''[[Medea]]'' and a dance ("Pas de Fleurs") by [[Miss Clara]]. As play by this title has been found for Tom Taylor, it seems highly likely that the text used was in fact ''[[The Court and The Stage]]''.
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1867: A play listed by Bosman (1980: p. 231) as ''[[The World and the Stage]]'' (and billed as "Tom Taylor's Great Play") was performed by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 18 and 21 November with Brough's [[burlesque]] version of Euripides's ''[[Medea]]'' and a dance ("Pas de Fleurs") by [[Miss Clara]]. As play by this title has been found for Tom Taylor, it seems highly likely that the text used was in fact ''[[The Court and The Stage]]''.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:50, 8 September 2020

The King's Rival, or The Court and the Stage is a drama in five acts by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[1] and Charles Reade (1814-1884).

Also found as The King's Rival or The Court and the Stage


The original text

First performed as The King's Rival, Possibly a version of Masks and Faces, or Before and Behind the Curtain by Tom Taylor and Charles Reade.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1867: A play listed by Bosman (1980: p. 231) as The World and the Stage (and billed as "Tom Taylor's Great Play") was performed by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Theatre Royal, Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 18 and 21 November with Brough's burlesque version of Euripides's Medea and a dance ("Pas de Fleurs") by Miss Clara. As play by this title has been found for Tom Taylor, it seems highly likely that the text used was in fact The Court and The Stage.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Taylor

Facsimile version of The King's Rival (1854), Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]


F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.231-2

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