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| − | =''[[Human Nature]]'' is a light comedy by | + | =''[[Human Nature]]'' is a light comedy by Augustus Glossop Harris (1825-1873)[] and T.J. Williams ()[].= |
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| − | =''[[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 Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris]= |
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| − | First performed at | + | First performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 12 September, 1885 |
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 05:30, 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 Augustus Glossop Harris (1825-1873)[] and T.J. Williams ()[].
The original text
Olympic Theatre, London, 22 July 1867
Human Nature is a drama by H. Pettitt (1848-1893)[1] and Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[2]
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[3]
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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