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''[[Belgravia, or Servantgolism]]'' is a variety sketch from the 19th century. 

==The original text==

The sketch most probably derives from the wonderful series of satirical sketches in ''Punch'' magazine in the 1850s, drawn by John Leech and others to illustrate a phenomenon they called "Servantgalism",  referring to the "servant [problem" and especially the phenomenon of servants trying to act or dress like their masters.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1871: Performed three times by the [[D'Arcy Read Company]] in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town (on 9, 16 and 23 October), with ''[[The Ring and the Keeper]]'' (Wooler) and "reminiscences of" Sheridan Knowles's ''[[The Cousins]]''.

== Sources ==





    
Friday, 4 September 2015. The Servant Problem: http://servantsstories.blogspot.co.za/2015/09/the-servant-problem-servantgalism.html


[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 250

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