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''[[Our Boys]]'' is a drama in three acts by Byron ()[]
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''[[Our Boys]]'' is a comedy in three acts drama in three acts by Henry James Byron (1835–1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron].
 
 
 
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
 
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First performed in London on 16 January 1875 at the Vaudeville Theatre and in New York at the New Fifth Avenue Theatre on Sep 18, 1875, also in 1875. For almost 20 years it was the world's longest-running play, only surpassed by ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' in the 1890s.  Published in 1875 by
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Boys
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.

Revision as of 20:37, 9 April 2018

Our Boys is a comedy in three acts drama in three acts by Henry James Byron (1835–1884)[1].

The original text

First performed in London on 16 January 1875 at the Vaudeville Theatre and in New York at the New Fifth Avenue Theatre on Sep 18, 1875, also in 1875. For almost 20 years it was the world's longest-running play, only surpassed by Charley's Aunt in the 1890s. Published in 1875 by

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1877: Performed by the Disney Roebuck company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 20 October, with Ben Bolt (Johnstone), as a benefit for E.V. Sinclair and Mrs Sinclair.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Boys

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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