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''[[Dr Wake's Patient]]'' is a comedy in four acts by William Gayer Mackay and Robert Ord  
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''[[Dr Wake's Patient]]'' is a comedy in four acts by William Gayer Mackay (??-1920) and Robert Ord (fl. 1900).
  
Some versions give the names of the authors as "Gayer Mackay, Robert Ord William" and [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980:p. 432) has "W.J. Mackay and 'R. Ord' ". In a later edition by Forgotten Books (2016), the play is ascribed to Mackay alone, but all other reprint versions have the authorsjip as given above.   
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''Some versions give the names of the authors as "Gayer Mackay, Robert Ord William" and [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980:p. 432) has "W.J. Mackay and 'R. Ord' ". In a later edition by Forgotten Books (2016), the play is ascribed to Mackay alone, but all other reprint versions have the authorship as given above.''  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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A romantic comedy about a farmer's son who has become a doctor, and falls in love with one of his patients who comes from a wealthy aristocratic background.
  
 
First produced by Otho Stuart at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 5 September, 1906.   
 
First produced by Otho Stuart at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 5 September, 1906.   
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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Filmed by G.B. Samuelson Productions in 1916, directed by Fred Paul, with a scenario by Harry Engholm.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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http://mscrete.com/tdeaths4.htm
  
 
Facsimile version of the 1909 [[Samuel French]] edition, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/drwakespatienta00ordgoog/page/n4]
 
Facsimile version of the 1909 [[Samuel French]] edition, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/drwakespatienta00ordgoog/page/n4]
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Google listing of later editions of the play[https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AGayer+Mackay&s=relevancerank&text=Gayer+Mackay%2C+Robert+Ord+William&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1]
 
Google listing of later editions of the play[https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AGayer+Mackay&s=relevancerank&text=Gayer+Mackay%2C+Robert+Ord+William&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1]
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322079/companycredits?ref_=ttfc_ql_4
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.432-2
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.432-2

Latest revision as of 07:06, 30 August 2019

Dr Wake's Patient is a comedy in four acts by William Gayer Mackay (??-1920) and Robert Ord (fl. 1900).

Some versions give the names of the authors as "Gayer Mackay, Robert Ord William" and F.C.L. Bosman (1980:p. 432) has "W.J. Mackay and 'R. Ord' ". In a later edition by Forgotten Books (2016), the play is ascribed to Mackay alone, but all other reprint versions have the authorship as given above.

The original text

A romantic comedy about a farmer's son who has become a doctor, and falls in love with one of his patients who comes from a wealthy aristocratic background.

First produced by Otho Stuart at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 5 September, 1906.

Published in 1909 by Samuel French, ltd.

Translations and adaptations

Filmed by G.B. Samuelson Productions in 1916, directed by Fred Paul, with a scenario by Harry Engholm.

Performance history in South Africa

1910: Performed by the new De Jong-Black Company in the Tivoli Theatre, Cape Town, as part of a season that had commenced on 12 January.

Sources

http://mscrete.com/tdeaths4.htm

Facsimile version of the 1909 Samuel French edition, The Internet Archive[1]

https://www.worldcat.org/title/dr-wakes-patient-a-comedy-in-four-acts/oclc/5297080

Google listing of later editions of the play[2]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322079/companycredits?ref_=ttfc_ql_4

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.432-2

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