The West End

The West End is a musical play by George Dance (1857–1932)[1] and George Arliss (1868-1946)[2]

The original text

Nothing much is known about a play of this name, and though it is mentioned in some sources, did not seem to have made much of an impact.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1902: Presented in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the Mouillot-De Jong Company as part of a season of musical comedy and light opera that began in December 1902 and ran into 1903. The cast included Franck Celli, John le Hay and Katie Seymour.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dance_(dramatist)] and George Arliss (1868-1946)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Arliss

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/5487%7C58137/George-Arliss/#overview

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. 412,

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