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''The School for Scandal'' (1777) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.  
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''[[The School for Scandal]]'' by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 – 1816)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan].
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== The original text ==
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Considered to be one of the greatest comedies of manners in the English language, the play was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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Done in South Africa by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 27 June 1818, with the help of [[Mr Cooke]] and his company of ladies. The afterpiece was Carey's burlesque ''[[Chrono(h)ontonthologus]]''
 
  
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It was one of the plays performed in 1929 by a West End theatre company from London headed by actor-manager [[Gerald Lawrence]]  on a South African tour.
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1818: Done in South Africa by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 27 June 1818, with the help of [[Mr Cooke]] and his company of ladies. The afterpiece was given as Carey's burlesque ''[[The Tragedy of Chrononhotonthologos|Chrononhotonthologos]]''.
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1873: Performed on board ship, ''en route'' to Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company, with ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' (Lemoine-Moreau  and Delacour/Taylor), as a benefit for the "Cape Town Dispensary".
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1875: Performed by the [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 21 April, with ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (Morton) as afterpiece. [[Miss Berenger]] played "Lady Teazle",  [[Bessie Cranston]] "Lady Sneerwell" and [[Bessie Palmer]] "Mrs Candour" in Sheridan's play.
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1875: Performed by the [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 30 April.
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1875: Performed by the [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 28 May, with ''[[Hercules, King of Clubs]]'' (Cooper) as afterpiece.
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1875: Performed by the [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 September, with ''[[The Kiss in the Dark]]'' (Buckstone) as afterpiece.
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1876: Performed by the [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape Town, on 10 May.
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1877: Performed by the [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 8 October, with ''[[Ici on Parle Français]]'' (Willaims) as afterpiece. The evening a benefit for [[E.V. Sinclair]] and [[Maude Clifford]].
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1895-6: Performed by the [[Holloway Theatre Company]], under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] theatre company as part of a season of plays which opened in the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg on the 26th December with ''[[Othello]]''.  The company was composed of [[William J. Holloway]], [[Leonard Rayne]], [[Gerald Lawrence]], [[Amy Grace]], [[John Nesbitt]], [[William Haviland]] and [[Amy Coleridge]]. The company also played other cities, including the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, for a season that opened in May 1896.
  
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Produced by [[Minna Millsten]] for the UCT Dramatic Society, [[Little Theatre]], 1945. With [[Richard Buncher]], [[Sybil Dee]], [[Philip Segal]], [[Anthony Robinson]], [[John Juritz]], [[Audrey Pearce]], [[Godfrey Isaacs]], [[Blake Pinnel]], [[Nell Reeve]], [[Anthony Hodgson]]. Sets by [[Basil Warner]].
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1901-2: Performed by a company featuring [[Nance O'Neill]] as part of a season of plays put on at the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]] in in September, 1901 and February, 1902.  
  
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Produced for [[NTO]] in 1958 by [[Leon Gluckman]] with a distinguished cast, including [[Margaret Inglis]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Frank Wise]] and [[Siegfried Mynhardt]]. Costumes by [[Frank Graves|Frank]] and [[Doreen Graves]].
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1907: Performed by a company featuring [[Cora Brown-Potter]] as part of a short season of plays put on in June, under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]].  
  
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''The School for Scandal'', directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], opened at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] on 4 March 1969. Décor and costumes designed by [[Keith Anderson]]. The cast included [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Elliot Playfair]], [[Bernard Brown]], [[David Goatham]], [[Lyn Hooker]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Roger Dwyer]], [[Ken Leach]], [[Pietro Nolte]], [[Alan Prior]], [[Will Bernard]], [[John Ramsbottom]], [[Gillian Garlick]], [[Joey Wishnia]], [[Glynn Day]], [[Brian Kennedy]], [[Gaenor Becker]], [[Gordon Sara]], [[Lorna Robertson]].
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1929: It was one of the plays performed by a West End theatre company from London, led by actor-manager [[Gerald Lawrence]], which toured South Africa and Rhodesia, putting on a portfolio of five plays.  The tour played in venues owned by [[African Theatres]] Ltd. and started in Johannesburg on 1st April 1929 and finished in Cape Town on 3rd October.
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1945: Produced by [[Minna Millsten]] for the [[UCT Dramatic Society]], [[Little Theatre]], 1945. With [[Richard Buncher]], [[Sybil Dee]], [[Philip Segal]], [[Anthony Robinson]], [[John Juritz]], [[Audrey Pearce]], [[Godfrey Isaacs]], [[Blake Pinnel]], [[Nell Reeve]], [[Anthony Hodgson]]. Sets by [[Basil Warner]].
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1952: Produced by [[Evelyn Shapiro]] for the [[Pretoria Amateur Dramatic Society]] from 5 to 9 February. [[Jack Kennedy]] and [[Lilly Silverberrg]] played the parts of the quarrelsome Teazels while [[Jack Lloyd]], [[John Templer]] and [[Richard Cutler]] played the Surface family.
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1958: Produced for [[National Theatre Organisation]] in 1958 by [[Leon Gluckman]] with a distinguished cast, including [[Margaret Inglis]] (Lady Teazle), [[Pieter Geldenhuys]] (Sir Peter), [[Frank Wise]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Nigel Hawthorne]], [[Brian Proudfoot]], [[David Laughton]], [[Pamela Borain]], [[Robert Del Kyrke]], [[David Herbert]], [[Yvonne Dur]], [[Gerald Schuller]], [[Joyce Grant]], as Mrs. Candour, [[Zoe Randall]], as Lady Sneerwell, and [[David Beattie]], as Sir Benjamin Mackbite. Costumes by [[Frank Graves|Frank]] and [[Doreen Graves]].
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1962: Presented as the opening production for the [[Guild Theatre]], directed by [[Mary Howe]].
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1969: Performed at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], opening on 4 March 1969. Directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], with décor and costumes designed by [[Keith Anderson]]. The cast included [[Philip Birkinshaw]], [[Elliot Playfair]], [[Bernard Brown]], [[David Goatham]], [[Lyn Hooker]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Roger Dwyer]], [[Ken Leach]], [[Pietro Nolte]], [[Alan Prior]], [[Will Bernard]], [[John Ramsbottom]], [[Gillian Garlick]], [[Joey Wishnia]], [[Glynn Day]], [[Brian Kennedy]], [[Gaenor Becker]], [[Gordon Sara]], [[Lorna Robertson]].
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1980: Produced by [[PACT]], directed by [[Roy Sargeant]] during the [[National Arts Festival]] with [[Bobby Heaney]], [[Richard Haines]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[John Hussey]] and [[Margaret Heale]] amongst others in the cast.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
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==Sources==
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== Sources ==
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''South African Opinion'', 2(8):22; ''Trek'' 19(7):23, 1945.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_for_Scandal
  
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''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(4), 1969
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan
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''[[South African Opinion]]'', 2(8):22; ''[[Trek]]'' 19(7):23, 1945.
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''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 30 January 1952, p. 7.
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''[[Lantern]]'', 8(2):188, 1958.
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Photograph held by [[NELM]] (1958 NTO production): [Collection: GLUCKMAN, LEON]: 1995. 2. 3. 1. 1. 211.
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Other photographs and newspaper clippings held by [[NELM]] (1958 NTO production) in various locations.
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''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(4), 1969.
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''The School for Scandal'' theatre programme (CAPAB), 1969.
  
 
[[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], ''[[CAPAB]] 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research''. p 59.
 
[[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], ''[[CAPAB]] 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research''. p 59.
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''Performing Arts'', HSRC, 1972.
 
''Performing Arts'', HSRC, 1972.
  
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''[[The Star]]'' 2 July 1980.
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Review by [[Raeford Daniel]], ''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 25 July 1980 ([[PACT]] production).
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Robert Kay. 2011. "Gerald Lawrence, Elgar and the missing Beau Brummel Music", ''The Elgar Society Journal'': pp.4-28[http://elgar.org/elgarsoc/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Vol.-17-No.-3-December-2011-Compressed.pdf]
  
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Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
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http://www.elgar.org/3brummel.htm
  
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''[[The S.A. Merry-Go-Round]]'', 2(4):28. August 21st, 1929.
  
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Correspondence from Robert Kay of Acuta Music[http://www.acutamusic.co.uk/], Monday 13 July, 2015.
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 154, 210.
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 306, 323-4, 327-339, 361, 410, 427
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[[Arts Theatre Club]] archive held by [[George Mountjoy]].
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
 
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Revision as of 16:59, 1 May 2024

The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 – 1816)[1].

The original text

Considered to be one of the greatest comedies of manners in the English language, the play was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777.

Performance history in South Africa

1818: Done in South Africa by the Gentlemen Amateurs in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 27 June 1818, with the help of Mr Cooke and his company of ladies. The afterpiece was given as Carey's burlesque Chrononhotonthologos.

1873: Performed on board ship, en route to Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company, with To Oblige Benson (Lemoine-Moreau and Delacour/Taylor), as a benefit for the "Cape Town Dispensary".

1875: Performed by the Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 21 April, with Slasher and Crasher (Morton) as afterpiece. Miss Berenger played "Lady Teazle", Bessie Cranston "Lady Sneerwell" and Bessie Palmer "Mrs Candour" in Sheridan's play.

1875: Performed by the Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 30 April.

1875: Performed by the Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 28 May, with Hercules, King of Clubs (Cooper) as afterpiece.

1875: Performed by the Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 7 September, with The Kiss in the Dark (Buckstone) as afterpiece.

1876: Performed by the Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Burg Street, Cape Town, on 10 May.

1877: Performed by the Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 8 October, with Ici on Parle Français (Willaims) as afterpiece. The evening a benefit for E.V. Sinclair and Maude Clifford.

1895-6: Performed by the Holloway Theatre Company, under the auspices of the Wheeler Theatre Company theatre company as part of a season of plays which opened in the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg on the 26th December with Othello. The company was composed of William J. Holloway, Leonard Rayne, Gerald Lawrence, Amy Grace, John Nesbitt, William Haviland and Amy Coleridge. The company also played other cities, including the Opera House, Cape Town, for a season that opened in May 1896.

1901-2: Performed by a company featuring Nance O'Neill as part of a season of plays put on at the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, under the management of the Wheeler Brothers in in September, 1901 and February, 1902.

1907: Performed by a company featuring Cora Brown-Potter as part of a short season of plays put on in June, under the management of the Wheeler Brothers.

1929: It was one of the plays performed by a West End theatre company from London, led by actor-manager Gerald Lawrence, which toured South Africa and Rhodesia, putting on a portfolio of five plays. The tour played in venues owned by African Theatres Ltd. and started in Johannesburg on 1st April 1929 and finished in Cape Town on 3rd October.

1945: Produced by Minna Millsten for the UCT Dramatic Society, Little Theatre, 1945. With Richard Buncher, Sybil Dee, Philip Segal, Anthony Robinson, John Juritz, Audrey Pearce, Godfrey Isaacs, Blake Pinnel, Nell Reeve, Anthony Hodgson. Sets by Basil Warner.

1952: Produced by Evelyn Shapiro for the Pretoria Amateur Dramatic Society from 5 to 9 February. Jack Kennedy and Lilly Silverberrg played the parts of the quarrelsome Teazels while Jack Lloyd, John Templer and Richard Cutler played the Surface family.

1958: Produced for National Theatre Organisation in 1958 by Leon Gluckman with a distinguished cast, including Margaret Inglis (Lady Teazle), Pieter Geldenhuys (Sir Peter), Frank Wise, Siegfried Mynhardt, Nigel Hawthorne, Brian Proudfoot, David Laughton, Pamela Borain, Robert Del Kyrke, David Herbert, Yvonne Dur, Gerald Schuller, Joyce Grant, as Mrs. Candour, Zoe Randall, as Lady Sneerwell, and David Beattie, as Sir Benjamin Mackbite. Costumes by Frank and Doreen Graves.

1962: Presented as the opening production for the Guild Theatre, directed by Mary Howe.

1969: Performed at the Hofmeyr Theatre, opening on 4 March 1969. Directed by Roy Sargeant, with décor and costumes designed by Keith Anderson. The cast included Philip Birkinshaw, Elliot Playfair, Bernard Brown, David Goatham, Lyn Hooker, Zoë Randall, Yvonne Bryceland, Wilson Dunster, Ralph Lawson, Roger Dwyer, Ken Leach, Pietro Nolte, Alan Prior, Will Bernard, John Ramsbottom, Gillian Garlick, Joey Wishnia, Glynn Day, Brian Kennedy, Gaenor Becker, Gordon Sara, Lorna Robertson.

1980: Produced by PACT, directed by Roy Sargeant during the National Arts Festival with Bobby Heaney, Richard Haines, Erica Rogers, John Hussey and Margaret Heale amongst others in the cast.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_for_Scandal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan

South African Opinion, 2(8):22; Trek 19(7):23, 1945.

Rand Daily Mail, 30 January 1952, p. 7.

Lantern, 8(2):188, 1958.

Photograph held by NELM (1958 NTO production): [Collection: GLUCKMAN, LEON]: 1995. 2. 3. 1. 1. 211.

Other photographs and newspaper clippings held by NELM (1958 NTO production) in various locations.

Teater SA, 1(4), 1969.

The School for Scandal theatre programme (CAPAB), 1969.

Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 59.

Performing Arts, HSRC, 1972.

The Star 2 July 1980.

Review by Raeford Daniel, The Rand Daily Mail, 25 July 1980 (PACT production).

Robert Kay. 2011. "Gerald Lawrence, Elgar and the missing Beau Brummel Music", The Elgar Society Journal: pp.4-28[2]

http://www.elgar.org/3brummel.htm

The S.A. Merry-Go-Round, 2(4):28. August 21st, 1929.

Correspondence from Robert Kay of Acuta Music[3], Monday 13 July, 2015.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 154, 210.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 306, 323-4, 327-339, 361, 410, 427

Arts Theatre Club archive held by George Mountjoy.


Go to ESAT Bibliography

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