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1898: Performed on in South Africa as ''[[The Tree of Knowledge]]'' by a company under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]], as part of a repertoire that also included ''[[A Marriage of Convenience]]'', ''[[Secret Service]]'' (Gilette) and ''[[My Friend, The Prince]]''. The company included [[ George Hippisley]], [[Wilton Heriot]], [[Jessie Bateman]], [[Mabel Lane]] and [[Sallie Booth]].
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1898: Performed on in South Africa as ''[[The Tree of Knowledge]]'' by a company under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]], as part of a repertoire that also included ''[[A Marriage of Convenience]]'' (Dumas/Grundy), ''[[Secret Service]]'' (Gilette) and ''[[My Friend, The Prince]]'' (McCarthy). The company included [[ George Hippisley]], [[Wilton Heriot]], [[Jessie Bateman]], [[Mabel Lane]] and [[Sallie Booth]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:07, 12 October 2020

The Tree of Knowledge is a play by R.C. Carton ()[]

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Performance history in South Africa

1898: Performed on in South Africa as The Tree of Knowledge by a company under the management of the Wheeler Brothers, as part of a repertoire that also included A Marriage of Convenience (Dumas/Grundy), Secret Service (Gilette) and My Friend, The Prince (McCarthy). The company included George Hippisley, Wilton Heriot, Jessie Bateman, Mabel Lane and Sallie Booth.

Sources

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.406

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