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Performance history in South Africa

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as part of a series of plays put on by the [[Wheeler Brothers]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, in April and May. The company had been recruited in England by the Wheeler company's manager, [[Frank Westin]], and the staging was the responsibility of [[Sutton Vane]], who had newly joined the Wheeler enterprise.
+: Performed as part of a series of plays put on by the [[Wheeler Brothers]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, in April and May. The company had been recruited in England by the Wheeler company's manager, [[Frank Westin]], and the reportedly fine staging was the responsibility of [[Sutton Vane]], who had newly joined the Wheeler enterprise.
 == Sources ==

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−	''[[The School Mistress]]''	+	''[[The School Mistress]]'' is a farce by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wing_Pinero]
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		+	==The original text==
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		+	The play tells of the complications at a girls' boarding school when the headmistress is away, leaving her feckless husband in charge.
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		+	The play opened at the Court Theatre, London in March 1886 and ran for 291 performances. It had a short run at the Standard Theatre, New York, in December 1886.
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		+	==Translations and adaptations==
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		+	== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1887: Performed as part of a series of plays put on by the [[Wheeler Brothers]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, in April and May. The company had been recruited in England by the Wheeler company's manager, [[Frank Westin]], and the staging was the responsibility of [[Sutton Vane]], who had newly joined the Wheeler enterprise.
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Schoolmistress
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wing_Pinero
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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.)
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.384
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		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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