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''[[A Match in the Dark]]'' is a comedietta in one act by Charles Dance ()[].
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''[[A Match in the Dark]]'' is a comedietta in one act by Charles Dance (1794-1863)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1866: Performed, and apparently billed as ''[[The Four Sisters, or Woman's Worth and Women's Wrongs]]'',  in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 22 March, with  ''[[The Creole]]'' (Brooks). [[Madame Duret]] played the lead, using her outstanding skill for transformation to perform all four the sisters apparently.
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1867: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Madame Duret]] and the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] (of which she was the sole manager at the time) on 15 July, with  ''[[The Four Sisters]]'' (Bernard) and ''[[Was I to Blame?]]'' (Rodwell).
 
 
1866: Performed as ''[[The Four Sisters]]''  in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 30 July, with  ''[[The Roll of the Drum]]'' (Wilks).
 
 
 
1867: Performed as ''[[The Four Sisters]]''  in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Madame Duret]] and the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 15 July, with  ''[[A Match in the Dark]]'' (Dance) and ''[[Was I to Blame?]]'' (Rodwell).
 
 
 
1867: Performed as ''[[The Four Sisters]]''  in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 7 October, with  ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (Shakespeare) and a "Fancy Dance" by [[Miss Clara]].
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of the 1836 edition, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=r1o7AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
 
Facsimile version of the 1836 edition, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=r1o7AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 203, 209, 211, 227, 230.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 227.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 05:29, 5 September 2020

A Match in the Dark is a comedietta in one act by Charles Dance (1794-1863)[1].

The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal Olympic on February 21, 1833, and published in London by J. Miller, 1836

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1867: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by the Madame Duret and the Le Roy-Duret Company (of which she was the sole manager at the time) on 15 July, with The Four Sisters (Bernard) and Was I to Blame? (Rodwell).

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1836 edition, Google E-book[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 227.

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