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''[[The Royal Brothers]]''
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''[[The Royal Brothers]]'' is a play by an unknown author.
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A play about the two princes imprisoned in the Tower and executed by Richard III.  
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Said to be a play about the two princes imprisoned in the Tower and executed by Richard III, the South African performance by pupils of a Catholic school in Cape Town. However no such text has been traced, so it may possibly have been a local adaptation made up of the relevant scenes from Shakespeare's ''[[Richard III]]''.
 
 
First performed
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== 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)
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1866: Performed as ''[[The Royal Brothers]]'' by the pupils of '''St Mary's Convent School'''[http://www.findglocal.com/ZA/Cape-Town/445488698818818/St.-Mary%27s-Primary-School], Cape Town, on 13 July, with ''[[The Irish Lion]]'' (Buckstone)
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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'''St Mary's Convent School'''[http://www.findglocal.com/ZA/Cape-Town/445488698818818/St.-Mary%27s-Primary-School],
  
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|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.271
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.271
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:34, 19 April 2021

The Royal Brothers is a play by an unknown author.

The original text

Said to be a play about the two princes imprisoned in the Tower and executed by Richard III, the South African performance by pupils of a Catholic school in Cape Town. However no such text has been traced, so it may possibly have been a local adaptation made up of the relevant scenes from Shakespeare's Richard III.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed as The Royal Brothers by the pupils of St Mary's Convent School[1], Cape Town, on 13 July, with The Irish Lion (Buckstone)

Sources

St Mary's Convent School[2],

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.271

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