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| − | ''[[Sunday]]'' is a play by "Thomas Raceward" | + | ''[[Sunday]]'' is a play by "Thomas Raceward" |
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| + | Written by Horace Hodges (1863-1951)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Hodges], Edward Irwin (fl. 1900) and Thomas Wigney Percyval (1865-?)[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672928/] under the pen name of "Thomas Raceward"[]. | ||
First performed at the Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, on 11 Janyuary, 1904 and also played at Prince’s Theatre, Bristol (1904 – 1905). In the USA the play was first performed in New York at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway from 15 November, 1904, to January, 1905, produced by Charles Frohman, staged by William Seymour and featuring Ethel Barrymore. | First performed at the Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, on 11 Janyuary, 1904 and also played at Prince’s Theatre, Bristol (1904 – 1905). In the USA the play was first performed in New York at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway from 15 November, 1904, to January, 1905, produced by Charles Frohman, staged by William Seymour and featuring Ethel Barrymore. | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | + | 1904: Performed by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company as part of his touring repertoire, ''inter alia'' playing at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in the first half of the year. Bosman (1980), or his source, ascribes the play to "R. Raceward". | |
| − | 1904: Performed by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company as part of his touring repertoire, ''inter alia'' playing at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in the first half of the year. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 05:33, 17 June 2021
Sunday is a play by "Thomas Raceward"
Contents
The original text
Written by Horace Hodges (1863-1951)[1], Edward Irwin (fl. 1900) and Thomas Wigney Percyval (1865-?)[2] under the pen name of "Thomas Raceward"[].
First performed at the Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, on 11 Janyuary, 1904 and also played at Prince’s Theatre, Bristol (1904 – 1905). In the USA the play was first performed in New York at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway from 15 November, 1904, to January, 1905, produced by Charles Frohman, staged by William Seymour and featuring Ethel Barrymore.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1904: Performed by Leonard Rayne and his company as part of his touring repertoire, inter alia playing at the Opera House, Cape Town in the first half of the year. Bosman (1980), or his source, ascribes the play to "R. Raceward".
Sources
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/sunday-5081
https://theatricalia.com/play/25f/sunday/production/565
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Hodges
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672928/
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.420
J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition, p. 179). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[3]
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