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| − | ''[[The Solicitor]]'' is a farcical comedy in three acts by J.H. Darnley (fl. | + | ''[[The Solicitor]]'' is a farcical comedy in three acts by J.H. Darnley (fl. 1880-1900)[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Darnley,%20J.%20H.%22&type=author&inst=]. |
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Facsimile version of the original published text of ''[[The Solicitor]]'', [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044086859675&view=1up&seq=7] | Facsimile version of the original published text of ''[[The Solicitor]]'', [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044086859675&view=1up&seq=7] | ||
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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.) | [[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.) | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.401 |
J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. (Second, revised edition, p. 423). Scarecrow Press, Google E-bookp. 28[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nF8pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=the+solicitor+a+play+by+j.h.+darnley&source=bl&ots=hggRSdTh3E&sig=ACfU3U2v-7gs_AyJAl57Xn_EtjWwCqGocQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdptvB17HwAhU9RxUIHdGFDYQQ6AEwB3oECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=the%20solicitor%20a%20play%20by%20j.h.%20darnley&f=false] | J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. (Second, revised edition, p. 423). Scarecrow Press, Google E-bookp. 28[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nF8pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=the+solicitor+a+play+by+j.h.+darnley&source=bl&ots=hggRSdTh3E&sig=ACfU3U2v-7gs_AyJAl57Xn_EtjWwCqGocQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdptvB17HwAhU9RxUIHdGFDYQQ6AEwB3oECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=the%20solicitor%20a%20play%20by%20j.h.%20darnley&f=false] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:21, 2 June 2021
The Solicitor is a farcical comedy in three acts by J.H. Darnley (fl. 1880-1900)[1].
Contents
The original text
The Solicitor was first performed in Liverpool on 5 May, 1890, and at Toole's Theatre, London from 3 July to 7 November of the same year. Published by Samuel French, c1902.
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.
Sources
Facsimile version of the original published text of The Solicitor, Hathi Trust Digital Library[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: p.401
J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition, p. 423). Scarecrow Press, Google E-bookp. 28[3]
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