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=''[[Human Nature]]'' is a light comedy by Sir Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris] and T.J. Williams ()[].= | =''[[Human Nature]]'' is a light comedy by Sir Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris] and T.J. Williams ()[].= | ||
| + | ==The original text== | ||
| + | Olympic Theatre, London, 22 July 1867 | ||
=''[[Human Nature]]'' is a drama by H. Pettitt (1848-1893)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)] and Augustus Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris]= | =''[[Human Nature]]'' is a drama by H. Pettitt (1848-1893)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)] and Augustus Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris]= | ||
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| + | Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: pp.404-5[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA405&lpg=PA405&dq=Human+Nature+a+drama+by+H.+Pettitt+and+Augustus+Harris&source=bl&ots=j0eatoE6nB&sig=ACfU3U1tzWNKg64lwfl-HcadaDdkN2Wdnw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpu5GF8-HoAhXjrnEKHbFuDMUQ6AEwBXoECAsQNA#v=onepage&q=Human%20Nature%20a%20drama%20by%20H.%20Pettitt%20and%20Augustus%20Harris&f=false] | ||
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Revision as of 05:22, 12 April 2020
According to Allardyce Nicoll (1975: pp.404-5) there were two versions of a play by this name.
Contents
Human Nature is a light comedy by Sir Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[1] and T.J. Williams ()[].
The original text
Olympic Theatre, London, 22 July 1867
Human Nature is a drama by H. Pettitt (1848-1893)[2] and Augustus Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[3]
The original text
First performed at
the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 12 September, 1885
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1904: Performed as Human Nature by Leonard Rayne and his company in the Opera House , Cape Town in the first half of the year.
Sources
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: pp.404-5[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)
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: p.420
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