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| − | ''Not to be confused with the 2001 American film called ''[[Human Nature]]'' | + | ''Not to be confused with the 2001 American film called ''[[Human Nature]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Nature_(2001_film)]. |
| − | =''[[Human Nature]]'' (1867)= | + | =''[[Human Nature]]'' by Augustus Glossop Harris (1867)= |
A light comedy written by Augustus Glossop Harris (1825-1873)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Glossop_Harris] and T.J. Williams (fl 1860s). | A light comedy written by Augustus Glossop Harris (1825-1873)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Glossop_Harris] and T.J. Williams (fl 1860s). | ||
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| − | =''[[Human Nature]]'' (1885)= | + | =''[[Human Nature]]'' by Henry Pettitt (1848-1893) and Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1885)= |
| − | + | Written shortly after the fall of Khartoum, it is a melodrama about the vengeance of a cast-off mistress at the time of the British war in the Sudan, written by Henry Pettitt (1848-1893)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)] and Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris] | |
==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1904: The Drury Lane | + | 1904: The Drury Lane version by Pettitt and Harris was performed by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company in the [[Opera House ]], Cape Town in the first half of the year. |
= Sources = | = Sources = | ||
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Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: pp.404-5[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA405&lpg=PA405&dq=Human+Nature+a+drama+by+H.+Pettitt+and+Augustus+Harris&source=bl&ots=j0eatoE6nB&sig=ACfU3U1tzWNKg64lwfl-HcadaDdkN2Wdnw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpu5GF8-HoAhXjrnEKHbFuDMUQ6AEwBXoECAsQNA#v=onepage&q=Human%20Nature%20a%20drama%20by%20H.%20Pettitt%20and%20Augustus%20Harris&f=false] | Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: pp.404-5[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA405&lpg=PA405&dq=Human+Nature+a+drama+by+H.+Pettitt+and+Augustus+Harris&source=bl&ots=j0eatoE6nB&sig=ACfU3U1tzWNKg64lwfl-HcadaDdkN2Wdnw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpu5GF8-HoAhXjrnEKHbFuDMUQ6AEwBXoECAsQNA#v=onepage&q=Human%20Nature%20a%20drama%20by%20H.%20Pettitt%20and%20Augustus%20Harris&f=false] | ||
| − | Sos Eltis. 2013. ''Acts of Desire: Women and Sex on Stage 1800-1930''. | + | Sos Eltis. 2013. ''Acts of Desire: Women and Sex on Stage 1800-1930''. Oxford University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=RixVCUPpetEC&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=Human+Nature+by+Henry+Pettitt++and+Augustus+Harris&source=bl&ots=A8zyOGYGM1&sig=ACfU3U04cv5_i1xMWqa1Uq1nLULgYfNqpQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiprd7v_-HoAhVkoXEKHUGcAigQ6AEwB3oECAsQMA#v=onepage&q=Human%20Nature%20by%20Henry%20Pettitt%20%20and%20Augustus%20Harris&f=false] |
Jacqueline S. Bratton, ''et al''. 1991. ''Acts of Supremacy: The British Empire and the Stage, 1790-1930''. Manchester University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=LoC7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=Human+Nature+by+Henry+Pettitt++and+Augustus+Harris&source=bl&ots=enaVfg8KyF&sig=ACfU3U2LSwRIiXzgSvQrjiz7v-I6nHDu7Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiprd7v_-HoAhVkoXEKHUGcAigQ6AEwBXoECAsQKA#v=onepage&q=Human%20Nature%20by%20Henry%20Pettitt%20%20and%20Augustus%20Harris&f=false] | Jacqueline S. Bratton, ''et al''. 1991. ''Acts of Supremacy: The British Empire and the Stage, 1790-1930''. Manchester University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=LoC7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=Human+Nature+by+Henry+Pettitt++and+Augustus+Harris&source=bl&ots=enaVfg8KyF&sig=ACfU3U2LSwRIiXzgSvQrjiz7v-I6nHDu7Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiprd7v_-HoAhVkoXEKHUGcAigQ6AEwBXoECAsQKA#v=onepage&q=Human%20Nature%20by%20Henry%20Pettitt%20%20and%20Augustus%20Harris&f=false] | ||
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| + | Edward Ziter. 2003. ''The Orient on the Victorian Stage'' Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=bY2N4-1xSQQC&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=Human+Nature+by+Henry+Pettitt++and+Augustus+Harris&source=bl&ots=8SQmLa9KsL&sig=ACfU3U0wwA-5VFn5vvvHYWpydW0R6ZrszQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiprd7v_-HoAhVkoXEKHUGcAigQ6AEwCHoECAsQNg#v=onepage&q=Human%20Nature%20by%20Henry%20Pettitt%20%20and%20Augustus%20Harris&f=false] | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:04, 2 July 2020
According to Allardyce Nicoll (1975: pp.404-5) there were two versions of a play by this name.
Not to be confused with the 2001 American film called Human Nature[1].
Contents
Human Nature by Augustus Glossop Harris (1867)
A light comedy written by Augustus Glossop Harris (1825-1873)[2] and T.J. Williams (fl 1860s).
The original text
Olympic Theatre, London, 22 July 1867
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Human Nature by Henry Pettitt (1848-1893) and Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1885)
Written shortly after the fall of Khartoum, it is a melodrama about the vengeance of a cast-off mistress at the time of the British war in the Sudan, written by Henry Pettitt (1848-1893)[3] and Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[4]
The original text
First performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 12 September, 1885
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1904: The Drury Lane version by Pettitt and Harris was performed by Leonard Rayne and his company in the Opera House , Cape Town in the first half of the year.
Sources
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: pp.404-5[5]
Sos Eltis. 2013. Acts of Desire: Women and Sex on Stage 1800-1930. Oxford University Press[6]
Jacqueline S. Bratton, et al. 1991. Acts of Supremacy: The British Empire and the Stage, 1790-1930. Manchester University Press[7]
Edward Ziter. 2003. The Orient on the Victorian Stage Cambridge University Press[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)
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 1932. (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.420
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