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Revision as of 06:05, 15 December 2018
Checkmate is a farcical comedy in two act by Andrew Halliday (1830-1877)[]
Contents
The original text
Published by T.H. Lacy, 1870 as Issue 1265 of Lacy's acting edition and Samuel French Limited, London in Issue 1265 of French's acting edition.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed on 19 and 22 August in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, by the Disney Roebuck company, under the temporary management of C. Wiltstone. Also played was The Dream at Sea (Buckstone).
1876: Performed on 23 August in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, by the Disney Roebuck company, under the temporary management of C. Wiltstone. Also played was The Bottle, or The Drunkard's Doom (Taylor).
1876: Performed on 2 November in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, by the Disney Roebuck company, under the temporary management of C. Wiltstone. Also played was The Cross of Gold ().
Sources
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=ha011560480
F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.342, 343, 346.
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