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A play about the two princes imprisoned in the Tower and executed by Richard III.  
 
A play about the two princes imprisoned in the Tower and executed by Richard III.  
  
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket and the Park Theatre in 1838,
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First performed
 
 
Published in New York by Samuel French (The Minor Drama XXVII, 1856) and De Witt Publishing House, 1857 (Issue 243 of De Witt's acting plays).
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:30, 30 April 2020

The Royal Brothers

The original text

A play about the two princes imprisoned in the Tower and executed by Richard III.

First performed

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed by the pupils of St Mary's Convent School, Cape Town, on 13 July, with The Irish Lion (Buckstone)

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1856 edition by Samuel French, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]

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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