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| − | ''[[A Nice Quiet Day]]'' is a farce by H.J. Hipkins and | + | ''[[A Nice Quiet Day]]'' is a farce by H.J. Hipkins and Gaston Murray. |
== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
| − | First performed in | + | First performed in the Royal Theatre, London on 26 December, 1861. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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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. 264, 341, 369, 370 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 264, 341, 369, 370 | ||
Revision as of 05:54, 26 January 2019
A Nice Quiet Day is a farce by H.J. Hipkins and Gaston Murray.
Contents
The original text
First performed in the Royal Theatre, London on 26 December, 1861.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1869: Performed by the Lanarkshire Dramatic Club (amateur players from the 99th Regiment) in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 19 May, with as The Gipsy Farmer, or Jack and Jack's Brother (Johnstone) and "I always was a Swell", a comic song sung "in character" by R. Norcliffe.
1878: Performed as Jack and Jack's Brother by the Disney Roebuck company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 24 May, with The Captain's not a Miss (Wilks) and "the main scenes from Robinson Crusoe" (Defoe/ Byron)
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 264, 341, 369, 370
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