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Revision as of 06:00, 5 May 2021
The Second in Command is a comedy in four acts by Robert Marshall (1863–1910)[1]
Contents
The original text
A play about love and loyalty set against the background of the Boer War of 1899-1901.
First performed in London on 27 November, 1900.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted as a silent film also called The Second in Command in 1915, directed by William J. Bowman and starring Francis X. Bushman and Marguerite Snow.
Performance history in South Africa
1901: Performed by the Sass and Nelson Company as part of a season of plays they put on in the Opera House, Cape Town, from May onwards.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Marshall_(dramatist)
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/562822/the-second-in-command/#overview
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_in_Command
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.409
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