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The plot deals with two young women who try to make money by tipping horses. The furious punters blame the deacon when they tip a horse which has been scratched. | The plot deals with two young women who try to make money by tipping horses. The furious punters blame the deacon when they tip a horse which has been scratched. | ||
| − | First produced at the Royalty Theatre, London, on 13 May 1904. | + | First produced at the Royalty Theatre, London, on 13 May 1904. and on Broadway at the Liberty Theatre on 16 January, 1905. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 05:43, 28 September 2020
The Money Makers is a "sporting farce" by George Rollit ()[].
Also found as The Moneymakers
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The plot deals with two young women who try to make money by tipping horses. The furious punters blame the deacon when they tip a horse which has been scratched.
First produced at the Royalty Theatre, London, on 13 May 1904. and on Broadway at the Liberty Theatre on 16 January, 1905.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1905: Performed in South Africa by Leonard Rayne and his company as part of a season of plays, inter alia playing in the Opera House, Cape Town.
Sources
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.422
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