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A Comedy Drama in Four Acts by Edwin Milton Royle, A play about a White man in America, who marries an Indian maid.  
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''[[The Squaw Man]]''  is a comedy in four acts by Edwin Milton Royle ()[]
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== Original play ==
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''[[The Squaw Man]]'', it is the story of a White man who marries an Indian maiden and was first produced  as ''[[The Squaw Man]]'' at Wallack's Theatre by Leibler and Company, New York in 1905, printed in 1906 by them.
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Performed with the title ''[[A White Man]]'' in England, ''inter alia'' at The Lyric Theatre, London in 1908.
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==Translations and adaptations ==
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The play was adapted into a novel called ''[[The Squaw Man]]'' by Edwin Milton Royle and Julie Opp Faversham, and published by Ardent Media, 1906. Apparently the novel too was published as ''[[A White Man]]'' in London by Hutchinson, 1908 
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Filmed as ''[[The Squaw Man]]'' in  1914 by Cecil B. De Mille, a movie which he subsequently remade in 1918 and again 1931. The films were likewise released as ''[[A White Man]]'' in England.
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== Performances in South Africa ==
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19??*: Performed as ''[[A White Man]]'' by the  [[Leonard Rayne Company]] in South Africa, with [[Leonard Rayne]], [[Freda Godfrey]], [[Cecil Kellaway]], [[Margaretha van Hulsteyn]]  and [[Clarence Bigge]].
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== Sources ==
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''Acts of Rebellion: The Ward Churchill Reader''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=aASUAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA191&dq=A+White+Man+the+stage+play+about+a+white+man+and+the+indian+maiden&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mHQvVZ7lNYTZyAOSt4GIDQ&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=A%20White%20Man%20the%20stage%20play%20about%20a%20white%20man%20and%20the%20indian%20maiden&f=false]
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AbeBooks[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=hUwIMwEACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Edwin+Milton+Royle%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AngvVab6IKHPygOq24GYCA&ved=0CB4Q6AEwATgK]
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Richard Wattenberg. 2011. ''Early-Twentieth-Century Frontier Dramas on Broadway''. P. 246[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=_X7FAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA245&dq=The+Squaw+Man+Edwin+Milton+Royle&hl=en&sa=X&ei=S3svVePrNubj7QbYoIGIAg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Squaw%20Man%20Edwin%20Milton%20Royle&f=false]
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[[Margot Bryant]], 1979: pp. 80-81 (photograph), 154
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Go To the [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]
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First produced at Wallack's Theatre, New York by Leibler and Company in 1905. The play was called '''''[[A White Man]]''''' in England and the colonies.  
 
First produced at Wallack's Theatre, New York by Leibler and Company in 1905. The play was called '''''[[A White Man]]''''' in England and the colonies.  

Revision as of 13:01, 9 July 2020

The Squaw Man  is a comedy in four acts by Edwin Milton Royle ()[]

Original play

The Squaw Man, it is the story of a White man who marries an Indian maiden and was first produced as The Squaw Man at Wallack's Theatre by Leibler and Company, New York in 1905, printed in 1906 by them.

Performed with the title A White Man in England, inter alia at The Lyric Theatre, London in 1908.

Translations and adaptations

The play was adapted into a novel called The Squaw Man by Edwin Milton Royle and Julie Opp Faversham, and published by Ardent Media, 1906. Apparently the novel too was published as A White Man in London by Hutchinson, 1908

Filmed as The Squaw Man in 1914 by Cecil B. De Mille, a movie which he subsequently remade in 1918 and again 1931. The films were likewise released as A White Man in England.


Performances in South Africa

19??*: Performed as A White Man by the Leonard Rayne Company in South Africa, with Leonard Rayne, Freda Godfrey, Cecil Kellaway, Margaretha van Hulsteyn and Clarence Bigge.

Sources

Acts of Rebellion: The Ward Churchill Reader[1] AbeBooks[2]

Richard Wattenberg. 2011. Early-Twentieth-Century Frontier Dramas on Broadway. P. 246[3]


Margot Bryant, 1979: pp. 80-81 (photograph), 154

Go To the ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page


First produced at Wallack's Theatre, New York by Leibler and Company in 1905. The play was called A White Man in England and the colonies.


See A White Man

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page