Jane

Jane is a farce in three acts by Harry Nicholls (1852-1926)[1] and William Lestocq (1852-1920)[2]

The original text

First performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, 18 December, 1900 and published in London and New York by Samuel French in 1900.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1892: Performed as Jane in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1900 text, The Internet Archive [3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nicholls_(comedian)

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

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: pp.394-5

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