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| − | There is no information on a play by this name, beyond a reference in Bosman (1980, p. 371), but it may possibly be a wrongly cited version of ''[[Drawing Room, Second Floor and Attics]]'' a farce in one act by J.M. Morton | + | There is no information on a play by this name, beyond a reference in Bosman (1980, p. 371), but it may possibly be a wrongly cited version of '''''[[Drawing Room, Second Floor and Attics]]''''', a farce in one act by J.M. Morton first performed at the Royal Princess’s Theatre, London, on the 28th of March, 1864 and published by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in the same year. |
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Revision as of 05:33, 23 September 2019
The Drawing-Room Floor is a play by an unnamed author.
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The original text
There is no information on a play by this name, beyond a reference in Bosman (1980, p. 371), but it may possibly be a wrongly cited version of Drawing Room, Second Floor and Attics, a farce in one act by J.M. Morton first performed at the Royal Princess’s Theatre, London, on the 28th of March, 1864 and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Performed as The Drawing-Room Floor by the Miss Egerton and Mr Case in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 8 August.
Sources
Michael R. Booth. 1980. Prefaces to English Nineteenth-century Theatre. Manchester University Press: pp. 139-140[].
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.371.
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