The Talk of the Town - Revision history

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 The title has also been used by authors in South Africa, eg, for [[Fred Khumalo]]'s collection of short stories, published by [[Kwela Books]] in 2019.[http://www.nb.co.za/en/view-book/?id=9780795708985]
-=''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' by Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923)[]=
+=''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' by Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923)[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Drinkwater%2C%20Albert%20E.%20(Albert%20Edwin)]=
 ==The original text==
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 Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p. 351 [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA351&lpg=PA351&dq=The+Talk+of+the+Town+a+play+by+Drinkwater&source=bl&ots=j184prJ9tz&sig=ACfU3U3fXzm3iL1bzgAMDtOam0Iqo6vlNg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif0dXB6LTwAhUrTxUIHSdqC54Q6AEwBHoECAYQAw#v=onepage&q=The%20Talk%20of%20the%20Town%20a%20play%20by%20Drinkwater&f=false]
 https://www.playscripts.com/play/2116#productions

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 '''Below we list only plays by this title performed in South Africa'''
-The title has also been used by authors in South Africa, eg, for [[Fred Khumalo]]'s collection of short stories, published by [[Kwela Books]] in 2019.
+The title has also been used by authors in South Africa, eg, for [[Fred Khumalo]]'s collection of short stories, published by [[Kwela Books]] in 2019.[http://www.nb.co.za/en/view-book/?id=9780795708985]
 =''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' by Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923)[]=
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 https://www.emmadonoghue.com/stage/the-talk-of-the-town.html
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 '''Below we list only plays by this title performed in South Africa'''
-The title has also been used in South Africa, eg, for [[Fred Khumalo]]'s collection of short stories, published by [[Kwela Books]] in 2019.
+The title has also been used by authors in South Africa, eg, for [[Fred Khumalo]]'s collection of short stories, published by [[Kwela Books]] in 2019.
 =''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' by Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923)[]=

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 '''Below we list only plays by this title performed in South Africa'''
-The title has also been used in South Africa, eg, for [[Fred Khumalo]]'s collection of short stories, published by Kwela Books in 2019.
+The title has also been used in South Africa, eg, for [[Fred Khumalo]]'s collection of short stories, published by [[Kwela Books]] in 2019.
 =''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' by Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923)[]=

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 '''Below we list only plays by this title performed in South Africa'''
-The title has also been used in South Africa, eg, for [[Fred Khumalo]]'s collection of short stories, published by Kwela Books in .
+The title has also been used in South Africa, eg, for [[Fred Khumalo]]'s collection of short stories, published by Kwela Books in 2019.
 =''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' by Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923)[]=

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 ''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' is an extremely popular title in the arts.
-Often used for plays (e.g. a 1896 comedy by by A.E. Drinkwater, a 1905 musical by Seymour Hicks, a  2005 musical comedy by Ginny Redington and Tom Dawes and a 2012 play by Emma Donoghue), films, novels,  musical pieces and other works of art and entertainment, including venues (especially night clubs). For a partial listing, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_of_the_Town.
+Often used for plays (e.g. a 1896 comedy by by A.E. Drinkwater, a 1905 musical by Seymour Hicks, a  2005 musical comedy by Ginny Redington and Tom Dawes and a 2012 play by Emma Donoghue), films, novels and short stories,  musical pieces and other works of art and entertainment, including venues (especially night clubs). For a partial listing, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_of_the_Town.
 '''Below we list only plays by this title performed in South Africa'''
 =''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' by Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923)[]=

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-''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' is an extremely popular title
+''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' is an extremely popular title in the arts.
-Often used for plays (e.g. a 1905 musical by Seymour Hicks, and a  2005 musical comedy by Ginny Redington and Tom Dawes), films, novels,  musical pieces and other works of art and entertainment, including venues (especially night clubs). For a partial listing, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_of_the_Town.
+Often used for plays (e.g. a 1896 comedy by by A.E. Drinkwater, a 1905 musical by Seymour Hicks and a  2005 musical comedy by Ginny Redington and Tom Dawes), films, novels,  musical pieces and other works of art and entertainment, including venues (especially night clubs). For a partial listing, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_of_the_Town.
 '''Below we list only plays by this title performed in South Africa'''
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 ==The original text==
-Also known as '''''[[The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber]]''''', it is a comedy written by the actor and playwright Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923)[] (the father of the playwright John Drinkwater).
+Also known as '''''[[The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber]]''''', it was first performed as ''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' in Cork on 4 December, 1896 and as  ''[[The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber]]'' in Bath.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 : Performed as ''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' by the [[Sass-Nelson Musical Comedy Company]] in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, in February, featuring [[William Cromwell]] and [[Chrissie Leonard]].

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