The Red Lamp

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The Red Lamp is a play in four acts by W.O. Tristram (W. Outram Tristram, 1859-1915)[1]

The original text

A popular melodrama set in Russia, it was first produced at the Comedy in 1884 became a popular vehicle for Max Beerbohm Tree and his company, with long runs at Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London till deep into the 1890s. Performed in Australia on 12 November 1887, by a local company featuring inter alia Herbert Fleming.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1898: Performed by Leonard Rayne and his company as part of his repertoire for the season, appearing inter alia at the Opera House, Cape Town.

Sources

https://theatricalia.com/play/20x/the-red-lamp/production/507

http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=736

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.406

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