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| − | ''[[Jane]]'' is a farce in three acts by Harry Nicholls and William Lestocq | + | ''[[Jane]]'' is a farce in three acts by Harry Nicholls (1852-1926)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nicholls_(comedian)] and William Lestocq (1852-1920)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lestocq] |
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Facsimile version of the 1900 text, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/janeafarceinthr00lestgoog/page/n4] | Facsimile version of the 1900 text, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/janeafarceinthr00lestgoog/page/n4] | ||
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[[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 1932. (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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|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. | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.394-5 |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:29, 28 October 2019
Jane is a farce in three acts by Harry Nicholls (1852-1926)[1] and William Lestocq (1852-1920)[2]
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, 18 December, 1900 and published in London and New York by Samuel French in 1900.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1892: Performed as Jane in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1900 text, The Internet Archive[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nicholls_(comedian)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lestocq
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 1932. (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.394-5
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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