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 : Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.
-: Performed in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Frank Wheeler]], assisted by what [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) describes as "a shockingly bad [[scratch company]]".
+: Performed in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Frank Wheeler]] (as "John Stofel"), assisted by what [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) describes as "a shockingly bad [[scratch company]]".
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 : Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.
-: Performed in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Frank Wheeler]], assisted by what Boonzaier (1923) describes as "a shockingly bad [[scratch company]]".
+: Performed in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Frank Wheeler]], assisted by what [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) describes as "a shockingly bad [[scratch company]]".
 == Sources ==

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	1892: Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.		1892: Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.
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		+	1903: Performed in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Frank Wheeler]], assisted by what Boonzaier (1923) describes as "a shockingly bad [[scratch company]]".

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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.394-5
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.394-5, 417 and 428
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 Based on a one-act play called '''''[[The Dead, or Five Years Away]]''''' by an itinerant Irish miner and amateur playwright named Sam Smith, which told the story of about John Stofel, a Dutch shoemaker, and had a plot somewhat similar to ''Rip Van Winkle''. The American actor J.C. Williamson (1845-1913)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Williamson] came across this text and bought it outright for $100. He then had it rewritten by his friend Clay M. Greene, who retitled it ''[[Struck Oil]]''.  Though Williamson claimed that he had re-written the last act himself, it is usually credited to Clay.
-The new work is a melodramatic tale that tells of the travails of John Stofel and his a daughter Lizzie during the US Civil War, when John is wounded and loses his mind, returning to find that oil had been discovered on the farm he had bought before the war and the previous owner now wants to repossess the farm. They are ultimately saved when herecovers his mind and finds the deeds to the farm.
+The new work is a melodramatic comedy telling the tale of the travails of John Stofel and his a daughter Lizzie during the US Civil War, when John is wounded and loses his mind, returning to find that oil had been discovered on the farm he had bought before the war and the previous owner now wants to repossess the farm. They are ultimately saved when he recovers his memory and finds the deeds to the farm.
 The play was first performed in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 23 February 1874 and became a very popular vehicle for Williamson and his wife Maggie Moore, one they toured with for years.

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-Based on a one-act play called '''''[[The Dead, or Five Years Away]]''''' by an Irish miner and amateur playwright named Sam Smith, which told the story of about John Stofel, a Dutch shoemaker, and had a plot somewhat similar to ''Rip Van Winkle''. The American actor J.C. Williamson (1845-1913)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Williamson] came across this text and bought it outright for $100. He then had it rewritten by his friend Clay M. Greene, who retitled it ''[[Struck Oil]]''.  Though Williamson claimed that he had re-written the last act himself, it is usually credited to Clay.
+Based on a one-act play called '''''[[The Dead, or Five Years Away]]''''' by an itinerant Irish miner and amateur playwright named Sam Smith, which told the story of about John Stofel, a Dutch shoemaker, and had a plot somewhat similar to ''Rip Van Winkle''. The American actor J.C. Williamson (1845-1913)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Williamson] came across this text and bought it outright for $100. He then had it rewritten by his friend Clay M. Greene, who retitled it ''[[Struck Oil]]''.  Though Williamson claimed that he had re-written the last act himself, it is usually credited to Clay.
 The new work is a melodramatic tale that tells of the travails of John Stofel and his a daughter Lizzie during the US Civil War, when John is wounded and loses his mind, returning to find that oil had been discovered on the farm he had bought before the war and the previous owner now wants to repossess the farm. They are ultimately saved when herecovers his mind and finds the deeds to the farm.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August. It is uncertain which text was used in this case.
+: Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.
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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Made into a 1919 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett (considered a lost film)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struck_Oil_(film)].
+Made into a 1919 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett (not a success at the time and now considered a lost film)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struck_Oil_(film)].
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−	''[[Struck Oil]]'' is a ~~play~~ by Clay M. Greene (1850-1933)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_M._Greene]	+	''[[Struck Oil]]'' is a comic melodrama by Clay M. Greene (1850-1933)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_M._Greene]

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