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''[[The Rosary]]'' (''[[The Story of the Rosary]]''?) is a play in three acts by André Bisson (1884-1967)[].
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== The original text ==
 
 
 
An adaptation of the novel ''[[The Rosary]]'' by Florence L. Barclay (1862-1921)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_L._Barclay], first published in 1909 by G.P. Putnam's Sons and was a bestselling novel for many years running, reaching the number one spot in 1910.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rosary_(novel)]
 
 
 
The original French adaptation was done by Alexandre Bisson as ''[[Le Rosaire]]''
 
Bisson Andre , Barclay Florence
 
Published by La Petite Illustration, 1926adapted the book as a three-act play for the Parisian stage.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Rosekrans]]'' by [[A.E. Carinus-Holzhausen|Mrs Carinus-Holzhauzen]].
 
 
 
It may possibly have been an earlier, English,  performance of this play in 1911 that inspired the poet and playwright [[C. Louis Leipoldt]] to write the original English version of his groundbreaking and influential [[Afrikaans]] one-act play, ''[[Die Heks]]'' (See Kannemeyer)
 
 
 
The novel was also adapted into five films.
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] at the [[Standard Theatre]] in 19**. 
 
 
 
1929-1930: Performed in Afrikaans as ''[[Die Rosekrans]]'' by [[Paul de Groot Toneelgeselskap|Paul de Groot Company]], and taken on tour of the country.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rosary_(novel)
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_L._Barclay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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