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| − | "[[The Masqueraders]]" can refer to a '''play''' or to a '''company'''. | + | <big>"[[The Masqueraders]]" can refer to a '''play''' or to a '''company'''. |
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=''[[The Masqueraders]]'' - The play= | =''[[The Masqueraders]]'' - The play= | ||
| − | A play by Henry Arthur Jones ()[]. | + | A play in four acts by Henry Arthur Jones (1851-1929)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Arthur_Jones]. |
==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | First performed by George Alexander at the St James' Theatre, London, on 28 April, 1894 and printed privately in London by Chiswick Press in the same year. | ||
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| + | The text published in ''The Plays of Henry Arthur Jones'' by [[Samuel French]], London/New York, 1909. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | Facsimile version of the 1894 private edition of the play, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=prcTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false] | ||
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| + | Facsimile version of the 1909 [[Samuel French]] edition of the play, The [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t6xw4zt0n&view=1up&seq=7] | ||
[[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.) | [[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]]: p.401 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.401 | ||
| + | [[André I. le Roux]] and [[Lilla Fourie]]. 1982. ''Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm'' | ||
| − | + | [[Malcolm Woolfson]]. 1992. ''But the melody lingers on... The inside Story of the Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society - Its Shows, Personalities, Triumphs, and Tribulations'', [[Perskor]]. | |
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:43, 4 September 2020
"The Masqueraders" can refer to a play or to a company.
Contents
The Masqueraders - The play
A play in four acts by Henry Arthur Jones (1851-1929)[1].
The original text
First performed by George Alexander at the St James' Theatre, London, on 28 April, 1894 and printed privately in London by Chiswick Press in the same year.
The text published in The Plays of Henry Arthur Jones by Samuel French, London/New York, 1909.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1895: Performed by Edward Sass and his Gaiety Company in the Cape Town Opera House, under the auspices of the Wheeler Brothers, as part of a season of plays that opened on 1 June till late July.
The Masqueraders - The company
The Masqueraders was a small musical ensemble (active circa 1918-1921), that at one time appeared at the Standard Theatre in Johannesburg for some weeks and then toured the country. Members over the years included Billy Matthews and Bertie Solomon.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1894 private edition of the play, Google E-book[2]
Facsimile version of the 1909 Samuel French edition of the play, The Hathi Trust Digital Library[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 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.401
André I. le Roux and Lilla Fourie. 1982. Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm
Malcolm Woolfson. 1992. But the melody lingers on... The inside Story of the Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society - Its Shows, Personalities, Triumphs, and Tribulations, Perskor.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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