Mrs Dot - Revision history

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 -9: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company as part of a repertoire of six plays, opening at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg, and then touring the various cities, including a performances at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, during February of 1909.
-: Performed by [[Marie Tempest]] touring company, with a cast that also included [[Hélène Vaubré]]
+: Performed by the [[Marie Tempest]] touring company, with a cast that also included [[Hélène Vaubré]]
 == Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company as part of a repertoire of six plays, opening at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg, and then touring the various cities, including a performances at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, during February.
+-9: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company as part of a repertoire of six plays, opening at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg, and then touring the various cities, including a performances at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, during February of 1909.
 : Performed by [[Marie Tempest]] touring company, with a cast that also included [[Hélène Vaubré]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed by Leonard Rayne and his company as part of a repertoire of six plays, performing at the opening at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg, and then touring the various cities, including a run at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, during February.
+: Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company as part of a repertoire of six plays, opening at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg, and then touring the various cities, including a performances at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, during February.
 : Performed by [[Marie Tempest]] touring company, with a cast that also included [[Hélène Vaubré]]

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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1909: Performed by Leonard Rayne and his company as part of a repertoire of six plays, performing at the opening at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg, and then touring the various cities, including a run at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, during February.

	1918: Performed by [[Marie Tempest]] touring company, with a cast that also included [[Hélène Vaubré]]		1918: Performed by [[Marie Tempest]] touring company, with a cast that also included [[Hélène Vaubré]]

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 ==The original text==
-The play was written in 1904 and originally titled ''[[Worthey's Estate]]'' (''[[Worthley's Entire]]''), presents a satirical portrait of Edwardian society and its through the story of the relationship between the vivacious, rich and enterprising widow Frances Annandale Worthley ("Mrs Dot") and Gerald Halstane.
+The play was written in 1904 and was originally titled ''[[Worthley's Entire]]'' after the source of Mrs Dot's wealth. (For some unknown reason, the [[Wikipedia]] entry on Maugham's plays has the original title as  ''[[Worthey's Estate]]''.) The comedy presents a satirical portrait of Edwardian society and its through the story of the relationship between the vivacious, rich and enterprising widow Frances Annandale Worthley ("Mrs Dot") and Gerald Halstane.
 This play, was first produced at the Comedy Theatre, Haymarket, London, on April 26, 1908, by Charles Frohman, with [[Marie Tempest]] as the original "Mrs Dot". The text was first published by William Heinemann, 1912. The play became a standard part of Tempest's repertoire.

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

		+	Transcribed version of the original published text, 1912, [[Project Gutenberg]] [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/50820/50820-h/50820-h.htm]

	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Maugham		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Maugham

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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Maugham		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Maugham
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_W._Somerset_Maugham#Plays

	Samuel J. Rogal. 1997. ''A William Somerset Maugham Encyclopedia''. Greenwood Publishing Group.		Samuel J. Rogal. 1997. ''A William Somerset Maugham Encyclopedia''. Greenwood Publishing Group.

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-''[[Mrs Dot]]'' is a farce in three acts by W. Somerset Maugham ()[].
+''[[Mrs Dot]]'' is a farce in three acts by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Maugham].
 ==The original text==
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 == Sources ==
 Samuel J. Rogal. 1997. ''A William Somerset Maugham Encyclopedia''. Greenwood Publishing Group.

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 The play,  was originally called ''[[Worthley's Entire]]'', presents a satirical portrait of Edwardian society and its through the story of the relationship between the vivacious, rich and enterprising widow Frances Annandale Worthley ("Mrs Dot") and Gerald Halstane.
-This play, was first produced at the Comedy Theatre, Haymarket, London, on April 26, 1908, by Charles Frohman, with [[Marie Tempest]] as "Mrs Dot". The text was first published by William Heinemann, 1912
+This play, was first produced (as ''[[Worthley's Entire]]'') at the Comedy Theatre, Haymarket, London, on April 26, 1908, by Charles Frohman, with [[Marie Tempest]] as the original "Mrs Dot". The text was first published by William Heinemann, 1912. The play became a standard part of Tempest's repertoire.
 ==Translations and adaptations==