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| − | ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' is a play by William Bayle Bernard
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| − | Because the main character in Bernard's play was named "O'Callaghan", described in the text aqnd on playbills as "A Man of Genius, on his Last Legs", the play is often referred to as ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' or ''[[O'Callaghan on His Last Legs]]''.
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | First performed at the Queen's Theatre in Dublin, on 1 June 1866.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1891-2: Performed by the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] during a nine months' tour of South Africa, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], featuring [[Geneviève Ward]] and [[W.H. Vernon]] in the leading roles.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Victory Pomeranz. 1971. "O'Callaghan on His Last Legs" in ''James Joyce Quarterly'' (Vol. 9, No. 1: Fall) pp. 136-139.
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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 1932. (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.203-205
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