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''[[Holly Bush Hall, or The Track in the Snow]]'' is the name of a Christmas story, as well as the title of three adaptations of the story. 

Often also found as '''''[[ Hollybush Hall, or The Track in the Snow]]''
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=The original text=

The story "Holly Bush Hall, or The track in the snow. A tale for Christmas" was written by Malcolm J. Errym (pseudonym for James Malcolm Rymer, 1814-1884) and serialized in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' (London): nos. 602-.

=Dramatizations, translations and adaptations=

The story saw no less than three adaptations for the stage in 1860:

==''[[Holly Bush Hall, or The Track in the Snow]]'' by John Mordaunt (fl. 1860s)==

First performed at the Standard Theatre, London, on 7 February, 1860

==''[[Holly Bush Hall, or The Track in the Snow]]'' by William Seaman ==
First performed at the Effingham Saloon, London 8 February,  1860

==''[[Holly Bush Hall, or The Track in the Snow]]'' by William E. Suter==

Adapted as a light comedy by William E. Suter (1811?-1882), it was first performed at the Queen's Theatre, London, on 25 February, 1860 and published by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]].

= Performance history in South Africa =


1865: The Suter version was performed as ''[[ Hollybush Hall, or The Track in the Snow]]'' by the officers of the 1st Batallion of the [[10th Regiment]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 11 and 14 March, along with ''[[Wanted 1000 Spirited Young Milliners for the Gold Diggings]]'' (Coyne).

== Sources ==

''Price One Penny. A Database of Cheap Literature, 1837-1860''[http://www.priceonepenny.info/database/show_title.php?work_id=88]

Books by William E. Suter, [[The Online Books Page]][http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Suter%2C%20William%20E.%2C%201811%3F-1882]

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA587&lpg=PA587&dq=Hollybush+Hall,+or+The+Track+in+the+Snow&source=bl&ots=j0eaplI1vy&sig=ACfU3U1Kmf1LYhqLWpdpsaipovcNS9lgXw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi72MS-vtXoAhUGXRoKHUB-C3sQ6AEwDHoECAoQNA#v=onepage&q=Hollybush%20Hall%2C%20or%20The%20Track%20in%20the%20Snow&f=false]

Allan Stuart Jackson. 1993. ''The Standard Theatre of Victorian England''. Fairleigh Dickinson University  Press.p.127, [[Google E-book]][https://books.google.co.za/books?id=JdnDINEBYL8C&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=Hollybush+Hall,+or+The+Track+in+the+Snow&source=bl&ots=nbGxouJdNl&sig=ACfU3U2U2KTPhbUJv3mlRaUGbKrz6pJ_Qg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi72MS-vtXoAhUGXRoKHUB-C3sQ6AEwC3oECAoQLg#v=onepage&q=Hollybush%20Hall%2C%20or%20The%20Track%20in%20the%20Snow&f=false]

[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|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.203-205

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