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''[[The Man Who Was]]'' is a play by Kinsey Peile (1862–1934)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_Peile#:~:text=Kinsey%20Peile%20(1862%E2%80%931934),born%20in%20Allahabad%2C%20British%20India].  
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''[[The Man Who Was]]'' is a play by F. Kinsey Peile (1862–1934)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_Peile#:~:text=Kinsey%20Peile%20(1862%E2%80%931934),born%20in%20Allahabad%2C%20British%20India].  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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Based on the eponymous story by [[Rudyard Kipling]] (1865-1936) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling], that first appeared in Macmillan’s Magazine of April 1890 and Harper’s Weekly on 15 April the same year.  
 
Based on the eponymous story by [[Rudyard Kipling]] (1865-1936) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling], that first appeared in Macmillan’s Magazine of April 1890 and Harper’s Weekly on 15 April the same year.  
  
Peile's stage adaptation was performed at Drury Lane in London in 1907 after which Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853-1917) toured with it in theatres and music-halls, playing the part of "Limmason".
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Peile's stage adaptation was published in 1903 and performed at Drury Lane in London in 1907, after which Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853-1917) toured with it in theatres and music-halls, playing the part of "Limmason".
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/rg_manwhowas1.htm
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http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82228601/
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling

Revision as of 05:57, 27 August 2020

The Man Who Was is a play by F. Kinsey Peile (1862–1934)[1].

The original text

Based on the eponymous story by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) [2], that first appeared in Macmillan’s Magazine of April 1890 and Harper’s Weekly on 15 April the same year.

Peile's stage adaptation was published in 1903 and performed at Drury Lane in London in 1907, after which Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1853-1917) toured with it in theatres and music-halls, playing the part of "Limmason".

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1906: Performed as part of his repertoire by William Haviland and his company while on tour, appearing in the Opera House, Cape Town in July and August.

Sources

http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/rg_manwhowas1.htm

http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82228601/

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

"Kinsey Peile" In: Wikipedia[3].


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: pp.203-205

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