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Referred to as an "elegant Personation-Commedietta" in the publicity of the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]],
 
Referred to as an "elegant Personation-Commedietta" in the publicity of the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]],
  
Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1837.
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Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1837 and by J. Duncombe & co as Duncombe's Acting Edition no. 205.
  
 
The website of the Kelmscott Bookshop[https://www.kelmscottbookshop.com/pages/books/12185/edward-stirling/bachelors-button-a-farce-in-one-act] in Baltimore, Maryland, suggests that the title is ''[[Bachelor's Button!]]'', (this despite a handwritten title of ''[[Bachelor's Buttons]]'' on the cover of the text they have posted). However, elsewhere the play is known by its standard title.
 
The website of the Kelmscott Bookshop[https://www.kelmscottbookshop.com/pages/books/12185/edward-stirling/bachelors-button-a-farce-in-one-act] in Baltimore, Maryland, suggests that the title is ''[[Bachelor's Button!]]'', (this despite a handwritten title of ''[[Bachelor's Buttons]]'' on the cover of the text they have posted). However, elsewhere the play is known by its standard title.
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1866: Billed as an "elegant Personation-Commedietta" it was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 24 May by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]], with ''[[The Octoroon, or Life in Louisiana]]'' (Boucicault)
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1866: Billed as an "elegant Personation-Commedietta" it was performed as a "complimentary Testimonial to the favourite artiste [[Mme. Duret]] by her Admirers" in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 24 May by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]], with ''[[The Octoroon, or Life in Louisiana]]'' (Boucicault)
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1866: Three performances by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 27 and 30 August, 1 September. As an afterpiece to ''[[Rob Roy]]'' ().
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://www.kelmscottbookshop.com/pages/books/12185/edward-stirling/bachelors-button-a-farce-in-one-act
 
https://www.kelmscottbookshop.com/pages/books/12185/edward-stirling/bachelors-button-a-farce-in-one-act
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
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http://data.bnf.fr/16453487/edward_stirling/
  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 204, 209, 212.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:46, 23 March 2018

Bachelor's Buttons is a farce in one act by Edward Stirling (1809-1894)[1].

The original text

Referred to as an "elegant Personation-Commedietta" in the publicity of the Le Roy and Duret Company,

Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1837 and by J. Duncombe & co as Duncombe's Acting Edition no. 205.

The website of the Kelmscott Bookshop[2] in Baltimore, Maryland, suggests that the title is Bachelor's Button!, (this despite a handwritten title of Bachelor's Buttons on the cover of the text they have posted). However, elsewhere the play is known by its standard title.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Billed as an "elegant Personation-Commedietta" it was performed as a "complimentary Testimonial to the favourite artiste Mme. Duret by her Admirers" in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 24 May by the Le Roy and Duret Company, with The Octoroon, or Life in Louisiana (Boucicault)

1866: Three performances by the Le Roy and Duret Company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 27 and 30 August, 1 September. As an afterpiece to Rob Roy ().

Sources

http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/adaptations/stirling.html

https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2337674A/Edward_Stirling

https://www.kelmscottbookshop.com/pages/books/12185/edward-stirling/bachelors-button-a-farce-in-one-act

http://data.bnf.fr/16453487/edward_stirling/

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 204, 209, 212.

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