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| − | ''[[Dead to the World]]'' is a comedy by | + | ''[[Dead to the World]]'' is a light comedy by George Conquest (1837-1901)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Augustus_Conquest] and Henry Pettitt (1843-1898)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Pettitt]. |
==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | It was first performed on 12 July, 1875 at the Grecian Theatre, London. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Conquest,_George_(DNB12) | ||
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| + | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00) | ||
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| + | Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p. 321[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA321&lpg=PA321&dq=Sentenced+to+Death+a+play+by+Conquest+and+Pettitt&source=bl&ots=j0c9pnK8nz&sig=ACfU3U2bv_xUUMe6tkUvEhnTdqxPmcubSg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi93-TU-_LjAhX3QkEAHQcPCHMQ6AEwA3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Sentenced%20to%20Death%20a%20play%20by%20Conquest%20and%20Pettitt&f=false] | ||
[[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.) | [[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.) | ||
| − | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.380 | |
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:35, 10 August 2019
Dead to the World is a light comedy by George Conquest (1837-1901)[1] and Henry Pettitt (1843-1898)[2].
Contents
The original text
It was first performed on 12 July, 1875 at the Grecian Theatre, London.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1884-5: Performed by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
Sources
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Conquest,_George_(DNB12)
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p. 321[3]
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: p.380
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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