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''[[The Farmer's Story]]'' is a domestic drama in three acts by William Bayle Bernard (1807 –1875)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bayle_Bernard].
 
''[[The Farmer's Story]]'' is a domestic drama in three acts by William Bayle Bernard (1807 –1875)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bayle_Bernard].
  
Also found as '''''[[The Farmer's Story, or The Three Trials of Life]]'''''
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Also found as '''''[[The Farmer's Story, or The Three Trials of Life]]''''' or alternatively titled '''''[[The Three Trials of Life]]'''''
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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A moralistic melodrama consisting of three acts, described in [[Sefton Parry]]'s publicity as "Act I: Labor and its Lessons; Act II: Wealth and its Consequences; Act III: Want and its Temptations!!!" ([[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1980: pp. 81 and 109)
  
 
Performed on 13 June 1836, at the Lyceum Theatre, London.
 
Performed on 13 June 1836, at the Lyceum Theatre, London.
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1859: Performed as ''[[The Farmer's Story, or The Three Trials of Life]]'' by the [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the in the [[Cape Town Theatre]], on 25 November, with a "Highland Fling" by [[Miss Powell]] and ''[[Who'll Lend me Five Shillings?]]'' (Anon)
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1859: Performed as ''[[The Farmer's Story, or The Three Trials of Life]]'' by the [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the in the [[Cape Town Theatre]], on 25 November, with a "Highland Fling" by [[Miss Powell]] and ''[[Who'll Lend Me Five Shillings?]]'' (Anon)
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1861: Performed as ''[[The Three Trials of Life]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 12 August, with ''[[A Pretty Piece of Business]]'' (Morton).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bayle_Bernard
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bayle_Bernard
  
[[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.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.78, 81, 98, 109
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
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[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.  
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 05:03, 29 June 2021

The Farmer's Story is a domestic drama in three acts by William Bayle Bernard (1807 –1875)[1].

Also found as The Farmer's Story, or The Three Trials of Life or alternatively titled The Three Trials of Life

The original text

A moralistic melodrama consisting of three acts, described in Sefton Parry's publicity as "Act I: Labor and its Lessons; Act II: Wealth and its Consequences; Act III: Want and its Temptations!!!" (Bosman, 1980: pp. 81 and 109)

Performed on 13 June 1836, at the Lyceum Theatre, London.

Published by J. Duncombe & Co. in 1836 (19th-century Playbooks Collection) and later by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1871 and by Dicks, 1883 (as Volume 434 of Dicks' standard plays).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1859: Performed as The Farmer's Story, or The Three Trials of Life by the Sefton Parry and his company in the in the Cape Town Theatre, on 25 November, with a "Highland Fling" by Miss Powell and Who'll Lend Me Five Shillings? (Anon)

1861: Performed as The Three Trials of Life by Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 12 August, with A Pretty Piece of Business (Morton).

Sources

http://webcat.georgian.edu/title/farmers-story-a-domestic-drama-in-three-acts/oclc/711963678/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true

https://www.worldcat.org/title/farmers-story-a-domestic-drama-in-three-acts/oclc/8522672

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

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.78, 81, 98, 109

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

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