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There are two South African plays by this name. According to Stephen Banfield (Sondheim's Broadway Musicals, 1993:p. 27)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dLf1_FutpusC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=The+King+of+Diamonds+a+stage+musical&source=bl&ots=JVA08P8TkH&sig=U-PPZMKgClAr6uqhASW81ktW2ME&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjz5NblhurLAhXBChoKHc6HCPgQ6AEIVjAI#v=onepage&q=The%20King%20of%20Diamonds%20a%20stage%20musical&f=false]pparently Stephen Sondheim also did a film treatment called ''[[The King of Diamonds]]'' with Larry Gelbart in 1954. No trace of a film was found however.  
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There are two South African plays by this name. (According to Stephen Banfield[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dLf1_FutpusC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=The+King+of+Diamonds+a+stage+musical&source=bl&ots=JVA08P8TkH&sig=U-PPZMKgClAr6uqhASW81ktW2ME&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjz5NblhurLAhXBChoKHc6HCPgQ6AEIVjAI#v=onepage&q=The%20King%20of%20Diamonds%20a%20stage%20musical&f=false] Stephen Sondheim also did a film treatment called ''[[The King of Diamonds]]'' with Larry Gelbart in 1954. No trace of a film can be found however.)
  
 
=''[[The King of Diamonds]]'' by [[Harold J. Laite]] (1953)=  
 
=''[[The King of Diamonds]]'' by [[Harold J. Laite]] (1953)=  

Revision as of 06:17, 31 March 2016

There are two South African plays by this name. (According to Stephen Banfield[1] Stephen Sondheim also did a film treatment called The King of Diamonds with Larry Gelbart in 1954. No trace of a film can be found however.)

The King of Diamonds by Harold J. Laite (1953)

The original play

Written as a three-act play by Harold J. Laite, dealing with Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) [2] and Barney Barnato (1851-1897) [3]. It was published by Pioneer Press in Cape Town in the 1956.


South African performances

1953: First presented at the Labia Theatre, Cape Town, 1953.

Sources

Text of The King of Diamonds, University of Stellenbosch Library Catalogue.


The King of Diamonds - the musical by Bob O'Keefe, and Edgar Adeler

The text

Possibly based on Harold J. Laite's play, The King of Diamonds is a musical play with Barney Barnato (1851-1897) [4] as central figure and hero, with a book by Bob O'Keefe, music by Edgar Adeler.


South African Productions

1961: Produced by NTO in 1961. Directed by Robert Langford. Cast included Roscoe Behrmann; Virginia Lee; Joe Stewardson; Viviene Adley; Jimmy Asser; Patrick Mynhardt; Hugo Warren; Bella Mariani; Elizabeth Evans; Tiny Walker; Jo-Ann Pezarro; Gabriel Bayman; Sheila Forbes; Diana Shahn; Patsi Kahn; Ronald Bloch; Alan Cean; George Jackson; Hugh Claven; Ivo Pellegrini; Casper Dyason. Musical director: Bill Walker. Choreography: Richard Daneel.

Sources

The King of Diamonds theatre programme, NTO, 1961.

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