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''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]'' is the title of a novel and of a one act play.
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''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]'' is the title of both a novel and of a one act play/sketch.
  
  
 
= ''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]'' the novel=
 
= ''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]'' the novel=
  
 
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''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]'' was a popular late 19th century light novel by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855–1897)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Wolfe_Hungerford]
''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]'' was a late 19th century light novel by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855–1897)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Wolfe_Hungerford]
 
  
 
= ''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]'' the play=
 
= ''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]'' the play=
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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A short play ''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]'' by Hamilton Coleman was first copyrighted in Chicago in 1913.  
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A short play (skit or sketch?) called ''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]'' by Hamilton Coleman was first copyrighted in Chicago in 1913.  
  
Boonzaier (1923) mentions two South African performances of a [[variety]] sketch by an unnamed author also called ''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]''. Possibly an early (burlesque) version of the novel or of Coleman's text?
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Boonzaier (1923) mentions two South African performances of a [[variety]] sketch by an unnamed author also called ''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]''. Possibly a burlesque of the novel or an early version of Coleman's text?
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
Early 1900s: Performed by [[The Edouin-Edwards Company]] at the [[Tivoli Theatre]], Cape Town.
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circa. 1900: Performed by [[The Edouin-Edwards Company]] at the [[Tivoli Theatre]], Cape Town.
 
 
  
1910: Performed by [[The Edouin-Edwards Company]] at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, in April of 1910, as part of a ''[[Variety]] Entertainment'' that also included ''[[The Kleptomaniacs]]'' (Winslow).
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1910: Performed by [[The Edouin-Edwards Company]] once more at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, in April of 1910, as part of a ''[[Variety]] Entertainment'' that also included ''[[The Kleptomaniacs]]'' (Winslow).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
== Return to ==
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
 
Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]

Latest revision as of 06:13, 7 June 2020

A Bachelor's Dream is the title of both a novel and of a one act play/sketch.


A Bachelor's Dream the novel

A Bachelor's Dream was a popular late 19th century light novel by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855–1897)[1]

A Bachelor's Dream the play

The original text

A short play (skit or sketch?) called A Bachelor's Dream by Hamilton Coleman was first copyrighted in Chicago in 1913.

Boonzaier (1923) mentions two South African performances of a variety sketch by an unnamed author also called A Bachelor's Dream. Possibly a burlesque of the novel or an early version of Coleman's text?

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

circa. 1900: Performed by The Edouin-Edwards Company at the Tivoli Theatre, Cape Town.

1910: Performed by The Edouin-Edwards Company once more at the Opera House, Cape Town, in April of 1910, as part of a Variety Entertainment that also included The Kleptomaniacs (Winslow).

Sources

Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.Volume 10, Issue 1: Library of Congress. Copyright Office[2]

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: pp.203-205

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