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1918: Performed by [[Marie Tempest]] touring company, with a cast that also included [[Hélène Vaubré]] | 1918: Performed by [[Marie Tempest]] touring company, with a cast that also included [[Hélène Vaubré]] | ||
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Mrs Dot is a farce in three acts by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)[1].
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The play was written in 1904 and was originally titled Worthley's Entire after the source of Mrs Dot's wealth. (For some unknown reason, the Wikipedia entry on Maugham's plays has the original title as Worthey's Estate.) The comedy presents a satirical portrait of Edwardian society and its through the story of the relationship between the vivacious, rich and enterprising widow Frances Annandale Worthley ("Mrs Dot") and Gerald Halstane.
This play, was first produced at the Comedy Theatre, Haymarket, London, on April 26, 1908, by Charles Frohman, with Marie Tempest as the original "Mrs Dot". The text was first published by William Heinemann, 1912. The play became a standard part of Tempest's repertoire.
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Performance history in South Africa
1909: Performed by Leonard Rayne and his company as part of a repertoire of six plays, performing at the opening at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg, and then touring the various cities, including a run at the Opera House, Cape Town, during February.
1918: Performed by Marie Tempest touring company, with a cast that also included Hélène Vaubré
Sources
Transcribed version of the original published text, 1912, Project Gutenberg [2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_Maugham
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_W._Somerset_Maugham#Plays
Samuel J. Rogal. 1997. A William Somerset Maugham Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. By [3]
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.429
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