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State Secrets, or The Tailor of Tamworth  is a play by Wilks
 
State Secrets, or The Tailor of Tamworth  is a play by Wilks
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==The original text==
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Based on ''[[Jane Lomax, or A Mother's Crime]]'', the sensational 1838 novel by Horace Smith, it was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London ),  4 Feb 1839 - 23 Feb 1839.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1860: Produced as ''[[State Secrets, or The Tailor of Tamworth]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] on 23 February in the [[The Cape Town Theatre]] in Harrington Street , with ''[[Jane Lomax, or A Mother's Crime]]'' (Buckstone). A song by [[Montague Smythson]] and a dance by [[Lizzie Powell]] served as interlude. For ''[[Jane Lomax]]'', [[Thomas Baines]] created "beautiful new scenery representing a Snow Storm, the first of its kind attempted here", according to the Cape Town publicity. Despite it all the evening was not well attended.
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== Sources ==
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.78.
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Revision as of 04:52, 13 May 2020

State Secrets, or The Tailor of Tamworth is a play by Wilks

The original text

Based on Jane Lomax, or A Mother's Crime, the sensational 1838 novel by Horace Smith, it was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London ), 4 Feb 1839 - 23 Feb 1839.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1860: Produced as State Secrets, or The Tailor of Tamworth by Sefton Parry on 23 February in the The Cape Town Theatre in Harrington Street , with Jane Lomax, or A Mother's Crime (Buckstone). A song by Montague Smythson and a dance by Lizzie Powell served as interlude. For Jane Lomax, Thomas Baines created "beautiful new scenery representing a Snow Storm, the first of its kind attempted here", according to the Cape Town publicity. Despite it all the evening was not well attended.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.78.


Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page