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''[[Mr Preedy and the Countess]]'' is a farce in three acts by R.C. Carton ()[].
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''[[Mr Preedy and the Countess]]'' is a farce in three acts by R.C. Carton (1853–1928)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._C._Carton].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1910: Performed by the [[De Jong-Black Company]] at the [[Tivoli Theatre]], Cape Town, and on tour in South Africa.
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1910: Performed by the [[De Jong-Black Company]] at the [[Tivoli Theatre]], Cape Town, and taken on tour in South Africa.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
''Catalogue of Copyright Entries'': Pamphlets, leaflets, etc. Volume 8, Issue 1, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=qRADAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA597&lpg=PA597&dq=Mr+Preedy+and+the+Countess++a+farce+by+R.C.+Carton&source=bl&ots=O7MMoENpVr&sig=K9bOecpUqLXZYUYAOJQjR4OKC6g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0mOmj-7neAhUMJcAKHWb9AhY4ChDoATAAegQIARAB#v=onepage&q=Mr%20Preedy%20and%20the%20Countess%20%20a%20farce%20by%20R.C.%20Carton&f=false]
 
''Catalogue of Copyright Entries'': Pamphlets, leaflets, etc. Volume 8, Issue 1, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=qRADAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA597&lpg=PA597&dq=Mr+Preedy+and+the+Countess++a+farce+by+R.C.+Carton&source=bl&ots=O7MMoENpVr&sig=K9bOecpUqLXZYUYAOJQjR4OKC6g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0mOmj-7neAhUMJcAKHWb9AhY4ChDoATAAegQIARAB#v=onepage&q=Mr%20Preedy%20and%20the%20Countess%20%20a%20farce%20by%20R.C.%20Carton&f=false]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._C._Carton
  
 
[[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

Revision as of 07:11, 4 November 2018

Mr Preedy and the Countess is a farce in three acts by R.C. Carton (1853–1928)[1].

The original text

First produced at the Criterion Theatre, London in 1909. Published in London by Samuel French in 1911,

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1910: Performed by the De Jong-Black Company at the Tivoli Theatre, Cape Town, and taken on tour in South Africa.

Sources

Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, etc. Volume 8, Issue 1, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 [2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._C._Carton

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 1923. (Reprinted in 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: pp.


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