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Revision as of 06:37, 26 April 2019
Confusion is a dramatic sketch by Francis W. Moore.
Contents
The original text
Described by Boonzaier (1923) as a "perfectly constructed and intensely amusing farcical comedy",
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1887 Part of the repertoire of the Wheeler Theatre Company when they performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town during April and May. Generally well received, it featured the actor E.A. Elton in one of the leads.
Sources
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: p.384.
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