The Ogre
The Ogre is a play by Henry Arthur Jones (1851-1929)[1].
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The original text
A comic satire about the power-play in a marriage, the plot is a variation of Taming of the Shrew, it was first produced at St. James's Theatre, London on 11 September, 1911.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1912: Performed at the Standard Theatre by Alfred Paumier and his company, by arrangement with George Alexander and the St. James's Theatre, London.
1912: Performed in Cape Town by the Alfred Paumier and his company in the Opera House during April. (In this case the title is wrongly given as "The Orge" by Bosman in his 1980 book)
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Arthur_Jones
Review: The Ogre By Henry Arthur Jones, The Playgoer and Society Illustrated, No. 25.[2]
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.)
The South African Jewish Chronicle, 1912. "Stage, Song and Show" (p. 75), Johannesburg, 2 February, 1912.
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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