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1866: Performed in the [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players]] on 18 September, with ''[[Luke the Labourer]]'' (Buckstone) and ''[[The Nervous Cures]]''. | 1866: Performed in the [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players]] on 18 September, with ''[[Luke the Labourer]]'' (Buckstone) and ''[[The Nervous Cures]]''. | ||
| − | 1867: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] by [[Madame Duret]] on 17 September with ''[[The Isle of St. Tropez]]'' (Williams and Burnand) and ''[[Box and Cox]]'' (Morton). | + | 1867: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] by [[Madame Duret]] on 17 September with ''[[The Isle of St. Tropez]]'' (Williams and Burnand) and ''[[Box and Cox]]'' (Morton). |
1867: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] by the [[Garrison Players]] on 19 October, with ''[[The Syren of Paris]]'' (). | 1867: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] by the [[Garrison Players]] on 19 October, with ''[[The Syren of Paris]]'' (). | ||
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The Area Belle is a popular farce in one act by William Brough (1826-1870)[1] and Andrew Halliday (1830-1877)[2].
Contents
The original text
First performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi on 7 March 1864 and published by T.H. Lacy in London, and Samuel French (in London and New York).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1865: Performed in the Theatre Royal on 23 and 26 October by Ray and Cooper, with the help of local "Gentlemen Amateurs", as an afterpiece to Jessy Vere, or The Return of the Wanderer (Hazlewood).
1866: Performed in the Theatre Royal by the Le Roy and Duret Company on 23 April, as an afterpiece to The Stranger (Von Kotzebue)
1866: Performed in the Garrison Theatre by the Garrison Players on 18 September, with Luke the Labourer (Buckstone) and The Nervous Cures.
1867: Performed in the Theatre Royal by Madame Duret on 17 September with The Isle of St. Tropez (Williams and Burnand) and Box and Cox (Morton).
1867: Performed in the Theatre Royal by the Garrison Players on 19 October, with The Syren of Paris ().
1870: Performed in the Theatre Royal in July
1874: Performed in the Theatre Royal on 6 March
1875: Performed in the Theatre Royal on 17 July
1878: Performed in the Theatre Royal on 30 January
Sources
Facsimile version of the Samuel French edition, HathiTrust Digital Library[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brough_(writer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Halliday_(journalist)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.191, 203, 210, 227, 257, 260, 280, 312, 325, 365
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