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 "Undoubtedly John Drummond is the leading character in the piece, and if that be not well taken - and last night it was not - no amount of good acting on the part of the other players will make the drama a success.
-"Good acting, however, there undoubtedly was, for Miss [[Hilda Temple|(Hilda) Temple]], [[Miss Balfe]], and (William) Elton will have rarely seen act better.
+"Good acting, however, there undoubtedly was, for Miss [[Hilda Temple|(Hilda) Temple]], [[Miss Balfe]], and [[William Elton|(William) Elton]] will have rarely seen act better.
 "The parts of Mildred Cradock and Alice Petherick, which fell to the former, are just those in which Miss Temple can make the best use of her talents, and [[Kitty Wobbler]] [[Miss Balfe]] does to the life.

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 "Undoubtedly John Drummond is the leading character in the piece, and if that be not well taken - and last night it was not - no amount of good acting on the part of the other players will make the drama a success.
-"Good acting, however, there undoubtedly was, for Miss (Hilda) Temple [[Miss Balfe]], and (William) Elton will have rarely seen act better.
+"Good acting, however, there undoubtedly was, for Miss [[Hilda Temple|(Hilda) Temple]], [[Miss Balfe]], and (William) Elton will have rarely seen act better.
 "The parts of Mildred Cradock and Alice Petherick, which fell to the former, are just those in which Miss Temple can make the best use of her talents, and [[Kitty Wobbler]] [[Miss Balfe]] does to the life.

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 : Performed in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 2 May ("last time"), with ''[[Mr. and Mrs. White]]'' (Anon).
-: Performed in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday, December 6, till December 13. The [[Eastern Province Herald]] theatre critic, [[Henry J. Vickers]], wrote that the play had been staged several times before but did not give dates. However, the newspaper carried this report:
+: Performed in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday, December 6, till December 13. The [[Eastern Province Herald]] theatre [[critic]], [[Henry J. Vickers]], wrote that the play had been staged several times before but did not give dates. However, the newspaper carried this report:
 " . . . those who had seen it on former occasion, could not but help feeling how very unfavourably [[Mr. Yates]] as John Drummond contrasted with Mr. [[Sutton Vane]], one of whose best impersonations it was.

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 : Performed in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 2 May ("last time"), with ''[[Mr. and Mrs. White]]'' (Anon).
-: Performed in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday, December 6, till December 13. The [[Eastern Province Herald]] theatre critic, [[Henry J Vickers]], wrote that the play had been staged several times before but did not give dates. However, the newspaper carried this report:
+: Performed in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday, December 6, till December 13. The [[Eastern Province Herald]] theatre critic, [[Henry J. Vickers]], wrote that the play had been staged several times before but did not give dates. However, the newspaper carried this report:
 " . . . those who had seen it on former occasion, could not but help feeling how very unfavourably [[Mr. Yates]] as John Drummond contrasted with Mr. [[Sutton Vane]], one of whose best impersonations it was.

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 : Performed in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 2 May ("last time"), with ''[[Mr. and Mrs. White]]'' (Anon).
-December 1876: [[Blow for Blow]] was performed in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday, December 6, till December 13, 1876. The [[Eastern Province Herald]] theatre critic, [[Henry J Vickers]], wrote that the play had been staged several times before but did not give dates. However, the newspaper carried this report:
+: Performed in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday, December 6, till December 13. The [[Eastern Province Herald]] theatre critic, [[Henry J Vickers]], wrote that the play had been staged several times before but did not give dates. However, the newspaper carried this report:
 " . . . those who had seen it on former occasion, could not but help feeling how very unfavourably [[Mr. Yates]] as John Drummond contrasted with Mr. [[Sutton Vane]], one of whose best impersonations it was.

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	[[Eastern Province Herald]], December 8, 1876.

	Facsimile version of the original Segels edition of the text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112069427992;view=1up;seq=1]		Facsimile version of the original Segels edition of the text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112069427992;view=1up;seq=1]

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	1876: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 2 May ("last time"), with ''[[Mr. and Mrs. White]]'' (Anon).		1876: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 2 May ("last time"), with ''[[Mr. and Mrs. White]]'' (Anon).
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		+	December 1876: [[Blow for Blow]] was performed in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday, December 6, till December 13, 1876. The [[Eastern Province Herald]] reporter, ([[William Elton]]) wrote that the play had been staged several times before but did not give dates. However, the newspaper left this report:
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		+	" . . . those who had seen it on former occasion, could not but help feeling how very unfavourably [[Mr. Yates]] as John Drummond contrasted with Mr. [[Sutton Vane]], one of whose best impersonations it was.
		+
		+	"Undoubtedly John Drummond is the leading character in the piece, and if that be not well taken - and last night it was not - no amount of good acting on the part of the other players will make the drama a success.
		+
		+	"Good acting, however, there undoubtedly was, for Miss (Hilda) Temple [[Miss Balfe]], and (William) Elton will have rarely seen act better.
		+
		+	"The parts of Mildred Cradock and Alice Petherick, which fell to the former, are just those in which Miss Temple can make the best use of her talents, and [[Kitty Wobbler]] [[Miss Balfe]] does to the life.
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		+	"Charley Spraggs has long been known as one of Elton's best characters, and as the lawyer's clerk with a turn for sporting and an admiration for biceps, the fourth-rate turf man, the parvenu swell, and finally the dilapidated clarionet player, he keeps the house in roars of laughter.
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		+	"[[Mr. Robertson]]'s Lieutenant Linden is better than his second role of Sir Harry Linden, and of the others much need not be said.
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		+	"Miss [[Fanny Lewis]] acted fairly well as Lady Linden, but Mr Hersee displayed all his usual inability to grasp the real nature of his part.
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		+	"His "make-up" as the returned convict in the last scene was excessively ludicrous, and detracted much from an otherwise effective tableau.
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		+	"[[Mr Foulis]] was Mr Foulis and not Doctor Grace, and we cannot help thinking it fortunate Miss [[Emily Seyton]] had so little to do.
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		+	"Miss [[Hilda Temple]], who, during the eighteen months she has been amongst us, has won the highest place amongst actresses here, is shortly about to leave Africa."
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	1877: Performed performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 25 October, with ''[[No 1 Round the Corner]]'' (Anon).		1877: Performed performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 25 October, with ''[[No 1 Round the Corner]]'' (Anon).