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'''''Caste''''' (1867) is a comedy-drama by the English dramatist T.W. Robertson (1829-1871) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Robertson].  
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''[[Caste]]'' is a comedy-drama by the English dramatist T.W. Robertson (1829-1871) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Robertson].  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
 
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(1867)
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:03, 20 October 2017

Caste is a comedy-drama by the English dramatist T.W. Robertson (1829-1871) [1].

The original text

(1867)

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1874: Performed under the protection of the Free Masons in the Mutual Hall on 6 March by Disney Roebuck and his company, presented, with The Area Belle (Brough and Halliday), as a benefit for Roebuck, .

1968: Performed under the title True Hearts Are More Than Coronets by the Neill-Firth Company, directed by Angus Neill withIvor van Rensburg, Angus Neill, Arthur Hall, Shirley Firth, Elaine Lee, Adrian Egan, Alexander Harding and Lorna Cowell. It opened in the Intimate Theatre, Johannesburg, on 16 October.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_(play)].

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

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 279-280.

Teater SA, 1(2), 1968.

Percy Tucker. 1997. Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press: 242.

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