A Perfect Cure - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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	Nothing much is known about Sapte, except that he wrote m,any works on a range of matters, including the theatre and sport, and published most of them in the 1890s.		Nothing much is known about Sapte, except that he wrote m,any works on a range of matters, including the theatre and sport, and published most of them in the 1890s.
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	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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-''[[A Perfect Cure]]'' is a play in one act by William Sapte, Jr. (fl. late 1800s)
+''[[A Perfect Cure]]'' is a play in one act by William Sapte, Jr. (fl. circa 1890s)
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 There have been few references found so far to a play by this name and written by W. Sapte, Jr., except for a brief reference in an American list of plays for girls which dates the play around the 1890s and an entry on it as a in one act play for four characters in Hogg's listing of plays (1914).
-Nothing much is known about Sapte.
+Nothing much is known about Sapte, except that he wrote m,any works on a range of matters, including the theatre and sport, and published most of them in the 1890s.

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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==

−	[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) lists two performances of a play by this name for 1862. He possibly took this information from adverts, reviews or the acting company's documentation, but there is some doubt about the veracity of the information, for the sources consulted seem to suggest that the play may only date from the 1890s. The likely answer is that the play performed was actually '''''[[~~The~~ Cure]]'''''	+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) lists two performances of a play by this name (ascribed to Sapte) and one simply called '''''[[The Cure]]''''' (ascribed to "Anon"), for 1862. He possibly took this information from adverts, reviews or the acting [[Clara Tellett]]'s company's documentation, but there is some doubt about the veracity of the information, for the sources consulted seem to suggest that the play in question may only date from the 1890s. The likely answer is that the play performed was actually the better known play called '''''[[A Cure for the Heartache]]''''' (Morton).

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 : Performed as ''[[A Perfect Cure]]''  by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company  in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 2 August,  with ''[[The Maid of the Mill]]'' (Bickerstaffe) and  ''[[Love in Humble Life]]'' (Scribe/Payne).

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	Wentworth Hogg. 1914. ''Guide to Selecting Plays (etc.)'', [[Samuel French]]: p.16 [https://www.loc.gov/resource/dcmsiabooks.guidetoselecting00hogg/?sp=40]

	https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=504885796&searchurl=an%3Dsapte%2Bw%26sortby%3D20&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image16		https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=504885796&searchurl=an%3Dsapte%2Bw%26sortby%3D20&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image16

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=504885796&searchurl=an%3Dsapte%2Bw%26sortby%3D20&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image16

	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.131-2, 135, 161		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.131-2, 135, 161

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 Published by [[Samuel French]] Ltd (1899) (French' s Acting edition)
-This is the only reference found so far to a play  by this name and written by W. Sapte, Jr., except for a brief reference in an American list of plays for girls which dates the play around the 1890s.   Possibly [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) took this information from adverts, reviews or the acting company's documentation.
+The only other reference found so far to a play  by this name and written by W. Sapte, Jr., except for a brief reference in an American list of plays for girls which dates the play around the 1890s.   Possibly [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) took this information from adverts, reviews or the acting company's documentation.
 Nothing much is known about Sapte.

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

−	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.	+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.131-2, 135, 161

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	1862: Performed as ''[[A Perfect Cure]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 2 August, with ''[[The Maid of the Mill]]'' (Bickerstaffe) and ''[[Love in Humble Life]]'' (Scribe/Payne).		1862: Performed as ''[[A Perfect Cure]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 2 August, with ''[[The Maid of the Mill]]'' (Bickerstaffe) and ''[[Love in Humble Life]]'' (Scribe/Payne).
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		+	1862: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 4 August, along with performances of ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (Taylor) and ''[[Monsieur Tonson]]'' (Moncrieff) by the [[Cape Town Dramatic Club]].

	1862: Performed as ''[[A Perfect Cure]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 11 and 12 August, with ''[[The Bonnie Fishwife]]'' (Selby) , ''[[The Married Bachelor, or Master and Man]]'' (O'Calligan) and ''[[The Pilot, or A Tale of the Sea]]'' (Fitzball).		1862: Performed as ''[[A Perfect Cure]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 11 and 12 August, with ''[[The Bonnie Fishwife]]'' (Selby) , ''[[The Married Bachelor, or Master and Man]]'' (O'Calligan) and ''[[The Pilot, or A Tale of the Sea]]'' (Fitzball).