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''[[Off Duty]]'' is a comedy by T. Edgar Pemberton ()[]
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''[[Off Duty]]'' is a domestic comedy in one act by T. Edgar Pemberton (Thomas Edgar Pemberton, 1849-1905)[]
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Sometimes found as '''''[["Off Duty"]]'''''.
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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Published by [[Samuel French]] in 1886 as Issue 1864 of French's acting edition.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Online Books by T. Edgar Pemberton, [[The Online Books Page]][http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Pemberton%2C%20T.%20Edgar%20(Thomas%20Edgar)%2C%201849-1905]
  
 
[[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 [[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

Revision as of 05:24, 14 November 2020

Off Duty is a domestic comedy in one act by T. Edgar Pemberton (Thomas Edgar Pemberton, 1849-1905)[]

Sometimes found as "Off Duty".

The original text

Published by Samuel French in 1886 as Issue 1864 of French's acting edition.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1889: Performed by the Luscombe Searelle company in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town, as part of a season of plays with which the company toured the country. A star member of the company was the London comedian, Lionel Brough.

Sources

Online Books by T. Edgar Pemberton, The Online Books Page[1]

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.388

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