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| − | A drama written by Henry 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] | + | A drama about the British Empire written by Henry 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] |
==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
| − | + | First performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 12 September, 1885 | |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1904: The Drury Lane (i.e. Pettitt and Harris) version performed by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company in the [[Opera House ]], Cape Town in the first half of the year. | + | 1904: The Drury Lane (i.e. Pettitt and Harris) version performed by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company in the [[Opera House ]], Cape Town in the first half of the year. |
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Revision as of 06:03, 12 April 2020
According to Allardyce Nicoll (1975: pp.404-5) there were two versions of a play by this name.
Not to be confused with the 2001 American film called Human Nature'
Contents
Human Nature (1867)
A light comedy written by Augustus Glossop Harris (1825-1873)[1] and T.J. Williams (fl 1860s).
The original text
Olympic Theatre, London, 22 July 1867
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Human Nature (1885)
A drama about the British Empire written by Henry Pettitt (1848-1893)[2] and Augustus Henry 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: The Drury Lane (i.e. Pettitt and Harris) version performed 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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