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''[[Cousin Kate]]'' is a light comedy by Bronson Howard
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''[[Cousin Kate]]'' is a four-act farce by Bronson Howard (1842-1908)[]
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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Originally written and performed as ''[[One of Our Girls]]'' at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 10 November, 1885. In 1889 it was produced as Cousin Kate in . Published in ''The Banker's Daughter and Other Plays'', 1887.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 07:10, 4 May 2019

Cousin Kate is a four-act farce by Bronson Howard (1842-1908)[]

The original text

Originally written and performed as One of Our Girls at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 10 November, 1885. In 1889 it was produced as Cousin Kate in . Published in The Banker's Daughter and Other Plays, 1887.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1904: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the James Welch company,

1919: Performed by a touring company, with a cast that included Hilda Attenboro,

Sources

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 1923. (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. 417

Rand Daily Mail, 10 June 1919

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