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 == South African performances ==
-– It was first performed at the [[Opera House]] in Pretoria on 3 July 1909 with an amateur cast that included  [[Emma Krogh]] (Katie de Villiers), [[C.V. Becker]] (General van der Westhuizen), [[Lionel B. Stent]] (Captain Marjoriebanks), [[Kent Willis]] (Captain Schmidt), [[Guy Stent]] (Corporal Higgins), [[Palgrave White]] (i.e. [[Vere Stent]]) (General Beresford), [[Theodore White]] (Corporal Adams), [[Jack de Beer]] (Corporal Roos), [[J.E. Dennison]] (Captain Dickson), [[Sydney Stent]] (Sister Brown), [[Gwen Adams]] (Nurse Roberts) and [[Charles Clark]] (Danster).  The stage manager was [[Patrick Jones]] and the sets were designed by [[F. Edmonds]].  It opened with the same cast at the [[Standard Theatre]] in Johannesburg on 9 August 1909.  Afterwards the South African rights were secured by [[Leonard Rayne]], who took it to Bloemfontein, Kimberley and Cape Town. Performed in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, in September, it was found by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) to be "not a thrilling play, but no one could say it was a dull one".
+– It was first performed at the [[Opera House]] in Pretoria on 3 July 1909 with an amateur cast that included  [[Emma Krogh]] (Katie de Villiers), [[C.V. Becker]] (General van der Westhuizen), [[Lionel B. Stent]] (Captain Marjoriebanks), [[Kent Willis]] (Captain Schmidt), [[Guy Stent]] (Corporal Higgins), [[Palgrave White]] (i.e. [[Vere Stent]]) (General Beresford), [[Theodore White]] (Corporal Adams), [[Jack de Beer]] (Corporal Roos), [[J.E. Dennison]] (Captain Dickson), [[Sydney Stent]] (Sister Brown), [[Gwen Adams]] (Nurse Roberts) and [[Charles Clark]] (Danster).  The stage manager was [[Patrick Jones]] and the sets were designed by [[F. Edmonds]].  It opened with the same cast at the [[Standard Theatre]] in Johannesburg on 9 August 1909.  Afterwards the South African rights were secured by [[Leonard Rayne]], who took it to Bloemfontein, Kimberley and Cape Town. Performed in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, in September, it was found by the local critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) to be "not a thrilling play, but no one could say it was a dull one".
 – A revival at the [[Standard Theatre]] on 6 Mach 1911 was produced by [[C.V. Becker]], with sets designed by [[Hedley Churchward]].  Many of the original cast returned, but [[Lynwood Roberts]] was Corporal Higgins, [[Patrick Jones]] was Captain Dickson and the nurses were played by [[Joan Stent]] and [[Beatrice Fraser]].

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 == South African performances ==
-– It was first performed at the [[Opera House]] in Pretoria on 3 July 1909 with an amateur cast that included  [[Emma Krogh]] (Katie de Villiers), [[C.V. Becker]] (General van der Westhuizen), [[Lionel B. Stent]] (Captain Marjoriebanks), [[Kent Willis]] (Captain Schmidt), [[Guy Stent]] (Corporal Higgins), [[Palgrave White]] (i.e. [[Vere Stent]]) (General Beresford), [[Theodore White]] (Corporal Adams), [[Jack de Beer]] (Corporal Roos), [[J.E. Dennison]] (Captain Dickson), [[Sydney Stent]] (Sister Brown), [[Gwen Adams]] (Nurse Roberts) and [[Charles Clark]] (Danster).  The stage manager was [[Patrick Jones]] and the sets were designed by [[F. Edmonds]].  It opened with the same cast at the [[Standard Theatre]] in Johannesburg on 9 August 1909.  Afterwards the South African rights were secured by [[Leonard Rayne]], who took it to Bloemfontein, Kimberley and Cape Town.
+– It was first performed at the [[Opera House]] in Pretoria on 3 July 1909 with an amateur cast that included  [[Emma Krogh]] (Katie de Villiers), [[C.V. Becker]] (General van der Westhuizen), [[Lionel B. Stent]] (Captain Marjoriebanks), [[Kent Willis]] (Captain Schmidt), [[Guy Stent]] (Corporal Higgins), [[Palgrave White]] (i.e. [[Vere Stent]]) (General Beresford), [[Theodore White]] (Corporal Adams), [[Jack de Beer]] (Corporal Roos), [[J.E. Dennison]] (Captain Dickson), [[Sydney Stent]] (Sister Brown), [[Gwen Adams]] (Nurse Roberts) and [[Charles Clark]] (Danster).  The stage manager was [[Patrick Jones]] and the sets were designed by [[F. Edmonds]].  It opened with the same cast at the [[Standard Theatre]] in Johannesburg on 9 August 1909.  Afterwards the South African rights were secured by [[Leonard Rayne]], who took it to Bloemfontein, Kimberley and Cape Town. Performed in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, in September, it was found by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) to be "not a thrilling play, but no one could say it was a dull one".
 – A revival at the [[Standard Theatre]] on 6 Mach 1911 was produced by [[C.V. Becker]], with sets designed by [[Hedley Churchward]].  Many of the original cast returned, but [[Lynwood Roberts]] was Corporal Higgins, [[Patrick Jones]] was Captain Dickson and the nurses were played by [[Joan Stent]] and [[Beatrice Fraser]].

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	''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 10 August 1909		''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 10 August 1909
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	"Stent, Vere Palgrave" in [[ESAACH]][http://www.esaach.org.za/index.php?title=Stent,_Vere_Palgrave]		"Stent, Vere Palgrave" in [[ESAACH]][http://www.esaach.org.za/index.php?title=Stent,_Vere_Palgrave]

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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. 431.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 431.
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	''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 3 July 1909		''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 3 July 1909

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 == Sources ==
-''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 3 July 1909
+[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik.
 [[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. 431.
 ''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 10 August 1909
 "Stent, Vere Palgrave" in [[ESAACH]][http://www.esaach.org.za/index.php?title=Stent,_Vere_Palgrave]

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 ''[[War and a Woman]]'' is a play by [[Vere Stent]] ()
 A play set in the [[South African War]], it was written by Stent while he was the editor of the ''[[Pretoria News]]''. The piece was marketed at the time as the first locally staged drama to deal with aspects of the war.
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 ''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 3 July 1909
 ''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 10 August 1909

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-Written by Stent while hewas the editor of the [[Pretoria News]], was marketed as the first locally staged drama to deal with aspects of the South African War.
+A play set in the [[South African War]], it was written by Stent while he was the editor of the ''[[Pretoria News]]''. The piece was marketed at the time as the first locally staged drama to deal with aspects of the war.
 == South African performances ==
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 == Sources ==
-Rand Daily Mail, 3 July 1909
+''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 3 July 1909
-Rand Daily Mail, 10 August 1909
+''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 10 August 1909
 [[Ludwig Binge]], 1969.

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		+	''[[War and a Woman]]'' is a play by [[Vere Stent]] ()

−	~~''[[War and a Woman]]'' is a play~~ by ~~[[Vere~~ Stent~~]], who was~~ the editor of the [[Pretoria News]]~~. It~~ was ~~presented~~ as the first locally staged drama to deal with aspects of the South African War.	+
		+	Written by Stent while hewas the editor of the [[Pretoria News]], was marketed as the first locally staged drama to deal with aspects of the South African War.

	== South African performances ==		== South African performances ==