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''[[Smith]]'' is a comedy in four acts by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham]
 
''[[Smith]]'' is a comedy in four acts by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham]
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==The original text==
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First produced at the Comedy Theatre, London on 23 September, 1909. Published in London by Heinemann in 1913 and in Chicago by The Dramatic Publishing Company, [1913?].
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1910: Performed by the [[De Jong-Black Company]] at the [[Tivoli Theatre]], Cape Town, opening to great acclaim on 12 January with a cast that included [[Herbert Ford]], [[Augustus Wheatman]], [[Louis du Cane]], [[Maud Townsend]] and  [[Kate Walbram]].
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== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of the American text of 1913, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000055117513;view=1up;seq=7]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_W._Somerset_Maugham#Plays
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[[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.431-2
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]

Latest revision as of 05:29, 28 May 2021

Smith is a comedy in four acts by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)[1]

The original text

First produced at the Comedy Theatre, London on 23 September, 1909. Published in London by Heinemann in 1913 and in Chicago by The Dramatic Publishing Company, [1913?].

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1910: Performed by the De Jong-Black Company at the Tivoli Theatre, Cape Town, opening to great acclaim on 12 January with a cast that included Herbert Ford, Augustus Wheatman, Louis du Cane, Maud Townsend and Kate Walbram.

Sources

Facsimile version of the American text of 1913, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_W._Somerset_Maugham#Plays

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 1923. (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.431-2


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