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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
--2: Performed by the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] during a nine months' tour of South Africa, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], featuring  [[Geneviève Ward]] and [[W.H. Vernon]] in the leading roles. According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]], (1923), it was billed as ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' and no author mentioned, but, since  he  wrote from memory and old programmes, it could have been as ''[[O'Callaghan on His Last Legs]]'', and was almost certainly Burnand's play.
+-2: Performed by the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] during a nine months' tour of South Africa, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], featuring  [[Geneviève Ward]] and [[W.H. Vernon]] in the leading roles. According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]], (1923), it was billed as ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' and no author mentioned, but, since  he  wrote from memory and old programmes, it could have been as ''[[O'Callaghan on His Last Legs]]'', and was almost certainly Bernard's play.
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
--2: Performed by the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] during a nine months' tour of South Africa, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], featuring  [[Geneviève Ward]] and [[W.H. Vernon]] in the leading roles. According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]], (1923), it was billed as ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'', but, since  he  wrote from memory and old programmes, it could have been as ''[[O'Callaghan on His Last Legs]]''.
+-2: Performed by the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] during a nine months' tour of South Africa, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], featuring  [[Geneviève Ward]] and [[W.H. Vernon]] in the leading roles. According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]], (1923), it was billed as ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' and no author mentioned, but, since  he  wrote from memory and old programmes, it could have been as ''[[O'Callaghan on His Last Legs]]'', and was almost certainly Burnand's play.
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-''[[His Last Legs]]'' is a farce in two acts by William Bayle Bernard (1807-1875)
+''[[His Last Legs]]'' is a farce in two acts by William Bayle Bernard (1807-1875)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bayle_Bernard].
 ==The original text==
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 Facsimile version of the Samuel French published text (circa 1870), [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t3514fv32&view=1up&seq=9]
 Victory Pomeranz. 1971. "O'Callaghan on His Last Legs" in ''James Joyce Quarterly'' (Vol. 9, No. 1: Fall) pp. 136-139.

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 Published by [[Samuel French]] in French's Minor Drama circa 1870.
-Because the main character in Bernard's play was a stage Irishman named "Felix O'Callaghan", described in the text and on playbills as "A Man of Genius, on his Last Legs",  the play is on occasion referred to as '''''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]''''' or '''''[[O'Callaghan on His Last Legs]]''''', the latter phrase also occurring as a statement in James Joyce's '''''Ulysses''''' (1922), quite possibly as a metaphoric reference to the play.
+Because the main character in Bernard's play was a stage Irishman named "Felix O'Callaghan", described in the text and on playbills as "A Man of Genius, on his Last Legs",  the play is on occasion referred to as '''''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]''''' or '''''[[O'Callaghan on His Last Legs]]''''', the latter phrase also occurring as a statement in James Joyce's '''''Ulysses''''' (1922)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(novel)], quite possibly as a metaphoric reference to the play.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 Published by [[Samuel French]] in French's Minor Drama circa 1870.
-Because the main character in Bernard's play was a stage Irishman named "Felix O'Callaghan", described in the text and on playbills as "A Man of Genius, on his Last Legs",  the play is on occasion referred to as '''''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]''''' or '''''[[O'Callaghan on His Last Legs]]''''', the latter phrase also occurring as a statement in James Joyce's ''[[Ulysses]]'' (1922), quite possibly as a metaphoric reference to the play.
+Because the main character in Bernard's play was a stage Irishman named "Felix O'Callaghan", described in the text and on playbills as "A Man of Genius, on his Last Legs",  the play is on occasion referred to as '''''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]''''' or '''''[[O'Callaghan on His Last Legs]]''''', the latter phrase also occurring as a statement in James Joyce's '''''Ulysses''''' (1922), quite possibly as a metaphoric reference to the play.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 [[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
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.393
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==The original text==
-First performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 15 October 1839, with Tyrone Power as "O'Callaghan" and in the USA at Mitchell's Olympic on 6 April, 1840 with an S. Johnson in the lead.
+Originally written for the 19th century actor Tyrone Power, the play was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 15 October 1839, with Power as the dishevelled Irishman and charlatan "O'Callaghan" and in the USA it first played at Mitchell's Olympic on 6 April, 1840.
 Published by [[Samuel French]] in French's Minor Drama circa 1870.

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	Facsimile version of the Samuel French published text (circa 1870), [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t3514fv32&view=1up&seq=9]

	Victory Pomeranz. 1971. "O'Callaghan on His Last Legs" in ''James Joyce Quarterly'' (Vol. 9, No. 1: Fall) pp. 136-139.		Victory Pomeranz. 1971. "O'Callaghan on His Last Legs" in ''James Joyce Quarterly'' (Vol. 9, No. 1: Fall) pp. 136-139.

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−	~~First performed in London in 1839~~

		+	First performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 15 October 1839, with Tyrone Power as "O'Callaghan" and in the USA at Mitchell's Olympic on 6 April, 1840 with an S. Johnson in the lead.

		+	Published by [[Samuel French]] in French's Minor Drama circa 1870.

	Because the main character in Bernard's play was a stage Irishman named "Felix O'Callaghan", described in the text and on playbills as "A Man of Genius, on his Last Legs", the play is on occasion referred to as '''''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]''''' or '''''[[O'Callaghan on His Last Legs]]''''', the latter phrase also occurring as a statement in James Joyce's ''[[Ullyses]]'', quite possibly as a metaphoric reference to the play.		Because the main character in Bernard's play was a stage Irishman named "Felix O'Callaghan", described in the text and on playbills as "A Man of Genius, on his Last Legs", the play is on occasion referred to as '''''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]''''' or '''''[[O'Callaghan on His Last Legs]]''''', the latter phrase also occurring as a statement in James Joyce's ''[[Ullyses]]'', quite possibly as a metaphoric reference to the play.