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''[[The White Queen]]'' is an historical play by J.W. Boulding and/or Palgrave(?)
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''Not to be confused with Philippa Gregory's novel or the BBC series based on it.''
 
 
 
==The original text==
 
 
 
An historical play set in the time of Louis XII,  ''[[The White Queen]]'' was specifically written for the actress [[Lillian Beddard]], said by her to be by "Palgrave of London" (other sources have is a play J.W. Boulding as the author).
 
 
 
The play was most successfully produced in London by Bedard, who later took it on her many international tours as part of her repertoire.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
==Performance history in South Africa==
 
 
 
1888-9 '''''[[The White Queen]]''''' performed by [[Lillian Beddard]] and her company in South Africa, with Beddard as "Lady Mary". Among the cities played were Johannesburg (the [[Theatre Royal]]), Kimberley and Cape Town.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
[[Laurence Wright]]. "Shakespeare in South Africa: The Nineteenth Century". ''[[Internet Shakespeare Editions]]''[online]. University of Victoria, Accessed 16 July 2020[https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/Criticism/shakespearein/sa2/index.html]
 
 
 
"A Grass Widow Now, Lillian Beddard Will Face the Footlights and Her Diamonds Alone", in ''The San Francisco Call'', Monday, March 30, 1896[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/batches/curiv_dogtown_ver01/data/sn85066387/00175037354/1896033001/0524.pdf]
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 388-9
 

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