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| − | ''[[A Royal Family]]'' is a play by Captain | + | ''[[A Royal Family]]'' is a play in three acts by [[Robert Marshall]] (1863–1910)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Marshall_(dramatist)] |
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| + | The author is often billed as '''[[Captain Robert Marshall]]''', since he wrote a number of his earlier plays while still in the military. | ||
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| + | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | Subtitled "a Comedy of Romance", it was originally written and probably performed in 1898, while he was stationed in South Africa as aide-de-camp to Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of the Colony of Natal[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Natal]. | ||
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| + | Published in London by Chiswick Press, 1904. | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1901: Performed by the [[Sass and Nelson Company]] in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, as part of a season of plays that opened on 11 May. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Marshall_(dramatist) | ||
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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]]: p.409 | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[Main Page]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:33, 5 May 2021
A Royal Family is a play in three acts by Robert Marshall (1863–1910)[1]
The author is often billed as Captain Robert Marshall, since he wrote a number of his earlier plays while still in the military.
Contents
The original text
Subtitled "a Comedy of Romance", it was originally written and probably performed in 1898, while he was stationed in South Africa as aide-de-camp to Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of the Colony of Natal[2].
Published in London by Chiswick Press, 1904.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1901: Performed by the Sass and Nelson Company in the Opera House, Cape Town, as part of a season of plays that opened on 11 May.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Marshall_(dramatist)
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.409
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
