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1. ''The King of Diamonds'' by [[Harold J. Laite]] is a three-act play about Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes] and Barney Barnato (1851-1897) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Barnato] published by Pioneer in Cape Town in the 1950s and first presented at the Labia Theatre, Cape Town, 1953.
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1. ''The King of Diamonds'' by [[Harold J. Laite]] is a three-act play about Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes] and Barney Barnato (1851-1897) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Barnato] published by Pioneer in Cape Town in the 1950s and first presented at the [[Labia Theatre]], Cape Town, 1953.
  
  

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1. The King of Diamonds by Harold J. Laite is a three-act play about Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) [1] and Barney Barnato (1851-1897) [2] published by Pioneer in Cape Town in the 1950s and first presented at the Labia Theatre, Cape Town, 1953.


2. The King of Diamonds is a musical play with Barney Barnato (1851-1897) [3] as central figure and hero; book by Bob O'Keefe, music by Edgar Adeler.

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

University of Stellenbosch Library Catalogue.

King of Diamonds theatre programme, NTO, 1961.


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