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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
The play was twice adapted and filmed. As a 1919 silent film directed by George Irving and starring stage star William Faversham (the film now lost)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silver_King_(1919_film)] and in 1929 as a British silent film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Percy Marmont, Harold Huth and Chili Bouchier.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silver_King_(1929_film)]  
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The play was adapted and filmed twice, first as a 1919 silent film directed by George Irving and starring stage star William Faversham (the film now lost)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silver_King_(1919_film)] and second as a 1929 British silent film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Percy Marmont, Harold Huth and Chili Bouchier.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silver_King_(1929_film)]  
  
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Silwer Koning]]'' in 1931.
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The stage text translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Silwer Koning]]'' in 1931.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1885: Performed as ''[[The Silver King]]''  in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, produced by the new lessees, Mr [[H.C. Sidney]] and partner Mr [[H.J. Fiedler]], as part of their repertoire during the course of the year.   
 
1885: Performed as ''[[The Silver King]]''  in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, produced by the new lessees, Mr [[H.C. Sidney]] and partner Mr [[H.J. Fiedler]], as part of their repertoire during the course of the year.   
  
1931: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Die Silwer Koning]]''''' by the [[Hanekom-Van Zyl-Geselskap]] while on tour,  partly under the auspices of [[African Theatres]]. Besides the normal cast of [[Hendrik Hanekom]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]], [[Wena Naudé]] and [[Willem van Zyl]], it introduced a child star, [[Sylvia Robertson]], and [[Jac. J. du Toit]] to the South African public.
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1891: Performed as part of a season of plays put on in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by a newly founded scratch company. In this production, "Nellie Denver" was performed by [[Lilla Wilde]].
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1892: Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.
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1900: Performed by the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] as part of an extended season in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town.
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February 1901: ''[[The Silver King]]'' was staged in the [[Port Elizabeth Opera House]], by the [[Joseph Ashman Company]] by arrangement with [[Leonard Rayne]].
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1931: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Die Silwer Koning]]''''' by the [[Hanekom-Van Zyl Geselskap]] while on tour,  partly under the auspices of [[African Theatres]]. Besides the normal cast of [[Hendrik Hanekom]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]], [[Wena Naudé]] and [[Willem van Zyl]], it introduced a child star, [[Sylvia Robertson]], and [[Jac. J. du Toit]] to the South African public.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of [[Samuel French]]'s 1907 edition of the text, The [[Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/silverkingdramai00jone/page/n6]
 
Facsimile version of [[Samuel French]]'s 1907 edition of the text, The [[Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/silverkingdramai00jone/page/n6]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silver_King
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Arthur_Jones
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Arthur_Jones
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Herman
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[[The Daily Advertiser]], February 5, 1901.
  
 
Barrett H. Clark. 1915. ''The British and American Drama of Today''.  New York: Henry Holt and Company: pp. 36-39, as cited in the ''[[Theatre Database]]'' website[https://www.theatredatabase.com/19th_century/henry_arthur_jones_002.html]
 
Barrett H. Clark. 1915. ''The British and American Drama of Today''.  New York: Henry Holt and Company: pp. 36-39, as cited in the ''[[Theatre Database]]'' website[https://www.theatredatabase.com/19th_century/henry_arthur_jones_002.html]
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[[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 1923. (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 1923. (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]]: p.381.
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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.381, 394-5.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 06:09, 18 April 2020

The Silver King is a melodrama by Henry Arthur Jones (1851-1929)[1] and Henry Herman (1832-1894)[2].


The original text

A celebrated play from the late 19th century, which William Archer believed it to be "quite the best of modern English melodramas." The play was popular for more than 40 years, and had numerous performances all over Europe, America, South Africa, India and Australia.

First performed in London at the Princess's Theatre, on November 16, 1882 and in New York at Wallack's Theatre on 27 January, 1883.

Translations and adaptations

The play was adapted and filmed twice, first as a 1919 silent film directed by George Irving and starring stage star William Faversham (the film now lost)[3] and second as a 1929 British silent film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Percy Marmont, Harold Huth and Chili Bouchier.[4]

The stage text translated into Afrikaans as Die Silwer Koning in 1931.

Performance history in South Africa

1885: Performed as The Silver King in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, produced as his last production by the then lessee Mr Henry Harper for a run of four weeks, opening on the 4th of May. The cast was led by H.C. Sidney and also featured Alice Norton, Sutton Vane, Jacques du Toit, Herbert Harries, Robert Bolder, Henry Harper, Charles Wilstone, Constance Young, Emily Seyton, and Kate Leechman.

1885: Performed as The Silver King in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, produced by the new lessees, Mr H.C. Sidney and partner Mr H.J. Fiedler, as part of their repertoire during the course of the year.

1891: Performed as part of a season of plays put on in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by a newly founded scratch company. In this production, "Nellie Denver" was performed by Lilla Wilde.

1892: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.

1900: Performed by the Herbert Flemming Company as part of an extended season in the Opera House, Cape Town.

February 1901: The Silver King was staged in the Port Elizabeth Opera House, by the Joseph Ashman Company by arrangement with Leonard Rayne.

1931: Performed in Afrikaans as Die Silwer Koning by the Hanekom-Van Zyl Geselskap while on tour, partly under the auspices of African Theatres. Besides the normal cast of Hendrik Hanekom, Mathilde Hanekom, Wena Naudé and Willem van Zyl, it introduced a child star, Sylvia Robertson, and Jac. J. du Toit to the South African public.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silver_King_(play)

Facsimile version of Samuel French's 1907 edition of the text, The Internet Archive[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silver_King

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Arthur_Jones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Herman

The Daily Advertiser, February 5, 1901.

Barrett H. Clark. 1915. The British and American Drama of Today. New York: Henry Holt and Company: pp. 36-39, as cited in the Theatre Database website[6]

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 1923. (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.381, 394-5.

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