Difference between revisions of "The Talk of the Town"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "''The Talk of the Town'' is a comedy by Albert Drinkwater ()[] Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923) Also found as ''The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber'' ( O ....")
 
Line 3: Line 3:
 
Also found as ''[[The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber]]''
 
Also found as ''[[The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber]]''
  
( O . H . Cork , 4 / 12 / 96
+
==The original text==
  
https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA351&lpg=PA351&dq=The+Talk+of+the+Town+a+play+by+Drinkwater&source=bl&ots=j184prJ9tz&sig=ACfU3U3fXzm3iL1bzgAMDtOam0Iqo6vlNg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif0dXB6LTwAhUrTxUIHSdqC54Q6AEwBHoECAYQAw#v=onepage&q=The%20Talk%20of%20the%20Town%20a%20play%20by%20Drinkwater&f=false
+
O.H. Cork, 4 December, 1896
 +
 
 +
 
 +
==Translations and adaptations==
 +
 
 +
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 +
 
 +
 
 +
1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
 +
 
 +
== 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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|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]]: pp.203-205
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA351&lpg=PA351&dq=The+Talk+of+the+Town+a+play+by+Drinkwater&source=bl&ots=j184prJ9tz&sig=ACfU3U3fXzm3iL1bzgAMDtOam0Iqo6vlNg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif0dXB6LTwAhUrTxUIHSdqC54Q6AEwBHoECAYQAw#v=onepage&q=The%20Talk%20of%20the%20Town%20a%20play%20by%20Drinkwater&f=false]
 +
 
 +
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|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
 +
 
 +
Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 +
 
 +
Return to [[Main Page]]
 +

Revision as of 05:20, 7 May 2021

The Talk of the Town is a comedy by Albert Drinkwater ()[] Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923)

Also found as The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber

The original text

O.H. Cork, 4 December, 1896 


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on

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: pp.203-205


Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press [1]

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