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Revision as of 06:36, 8 May 2021
The Serf, or Love Levels All is a play in three acts by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[1]
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Olympic Theatre, London, in 1865, for it was published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in London.
Translations and adaptations
A novel also called The Serf, or Love levels All! was written by Henry Llewellyn Williams , based on Taylor's play. of that name by Tom
Performance history in South Africa
1877: Performed as The Serf, or Love Levels All in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 28 November by the Disney Roebuck company, as part of a "Grand Military Night", also featuring the orchestra of the Connaught Rangers (88th Regiment)
1877: Performed as The Serf, or Love Levels All in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 29 November by the Disney Roebuck company, this time accompanied by A Kiss in the Dark (Buckstone).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Taylor
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.363
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