The Idler - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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Sources

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

Satj: /* The Idler by Luigi Pirandello (1916) */

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The Idler by Luigi Pirandello (1916)

Satj: /* The Idler by Charles Haddon Chambers (1891) */

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The Idler by Charles Haddon Chambers (1891)

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Satj: /* The Idler by Charles Haddon Chambers (1891) */

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The Idler by Charles Haddon Chambers (1891)

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The Idler by Charles Haddon Chambers (1891)

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed by a newly formed scratch company as their opening night at the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, on 2 November. The cast consisted of [[Mark Cross]], [[J.A. Rosier]], [[John Harding]], [[T. Paxton]], [[Simeon Strong]], [[Albert Lucas]], [[Mr Merryweather]], [[Brittain Booth]], [[Lady Harding]], [[Lilla Wilde]] [[Kate Merryweather]], [[Minnie Grey]], [[Glyn Stanmore]], [[Emily Seaton]] and [[Mrs J. Anwyl Rosier]].
+: Performed by a newly formed [[scratch company]] as their opening night at the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, on 2 November. The cast consisted of [[Mark Cross]], [[J.A. Rosier]], [[John Harding]], [[T. Paxton]], [[Simeon Strong]], [[Albert Lucas]], [[Mr Merryweather]], [[Brittain Booth]], [[Lady Harding]], [[Lilla Wilde]] [[Kate Merryweather]], [[Minnie Grey]], [[Glyn Stanmore]], [[Emily Seaton]] and [[Mrs J. Anwyl Rosier]].
 : Performed by the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] as part of an extended season in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town.

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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]]: p.408
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 391, 408
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1891: Performed by a newly formed scratch company as their opening night at the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, on 2 November. The cast consisted of [[Mark Cross]], [[J.A. Rosier]], [[John Harding]], [[T. Paxton]], [[Simeon Strong]], [[Albert Lucas]], [[Mr Merryweather]], [[Brittain Booth]], [[Lady Harding]], [[Lilla Wilde]] [[Kate Merryweather]], [[Minnie Grey]], [[Glyn Stanmore]], [[Emily Seaton]] and [[Mrs J. Anwyl Rosier]].

	1900: Performed by the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] as part of an extended season in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town.		1900: Performed by the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] as part of an extended season in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed by [[Herbert Flemming]] and his company, probably featuring [[Lionel B. Stent]], as part of an extended season in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town.
+: Performed by the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] as part of an extended season in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town.
 == Sources ==

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 This is the title given to an English version of '''''[[Liolà]]''''' by Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Pirandello]. Described as a Sicilian comedy, this was Pirandello's first play and opened in 1916.
-For more on this play, see the [[ESAT]] entry on '''''[[Liolà]]'''''
+'''For more on this play, see the [[ESAT]] entry on ''[[Liolà]]'''''
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 =''[[The Idler]]'' by Charles Haddon Chambers (1891)=
 ==The original text==
-Copyrighted at the Theatre Royal, Leicester, on 1 February, 1899 (as ''[[The Other Mr Smith]]'') and subsequently performed as ''[[Facing the Music]]'' at the Prince of Wales' Theatre, Liverpool, from on 22 May 1899. First London performance in the Brixton Theatre on 5 June 1900. Published by [[Samuel French]] in 1905
+A play in four acts by Charles Haddon Chambers (1860-1921)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haddon_Chambers], it was first performed at St James's Theatre, London, on 26 February, 1891.  Published by [[Samuel French]], 1902.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
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 == Sources ==
-Facsimile version of the [[Samuel French]] version (1905), [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/facingmusicorigi00darn/page/n2]
+Facsimlie version of the 1902 edition by [[Samuel French]], [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/idleraplayinfou00chamgoog/page/n6]
-Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press (pp.336-7)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA365&lpg=PA365&dq=The+plays+of+J.H.+Darnley&source=bl&ots=j0d8olL2uB&sig=ACfU3U1nEZYooLjwWd8So1AbQQCfVisMeQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW5dX_tfXlAhUOTRUIHUjNDMYQ6AEwAHoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20plays%20of%20J.H.%20Darnley&f=false]
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haddon_Chambers
 [[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.)

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haddon_Chambers
 =''[[The Idler]]'' by  Luigi Pirandello (1916)=
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 For more on this play, see the [[ESAT]] entry on '''''[[Liolà]]'''''

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	Facsimlie version of the 1902 edition by [[Samuel French]], [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/idleraplayinfou00chamgoog/page/n6]		Facsimlie version of the 1902 edition by [[Samuel French]], [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/idleraplayinfou00chamgoog/page/n6]
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haddon_Chambers

	=''[[The Idler]]'' by Luigi Pirandello (1916)=		=''[[The Idler]]'' by Luigi Pirandello (1916)=

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 =''[[The Idler]]'' by Charles Haddon Chambers (1891)=
-A play in four acts by Charles Haddon Chambers ()[].
+A play in four acts by Charles Haddon Chambers (1860-1921)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haddon_Chambers].
 First performed at St James's Theatre, London, on 26 February, 1891.