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Julian Budden. 2005. ''Puccini: His Life and Works'', Oxford University Press: p. 342[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ecPQCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA342&lpg=PA342&dq=At+the+Barn+a+comedy+by++Anthony+P.+Wharton&source=bl&ots=G-YWyBm_OS&sig=ACfU3U0uzlSUucJ618Pf7rcREAD1jon1UA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjehvbWw5LiAhWfThUIHT9hDTQQ6AEwDnoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=At%20the%20Barn%20a%20comedy%20by%20%20Anthony%20P.%20Wharton&f=false]
 
Julian Budden. 2005. ''Puccini: His Life and Works'', Oxford University Press: p. 342[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ecPQCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA342&lpg=PA342&dq=At+the+Barn+a+comedy+by++Anthony+P.+Wharton&source=bl&ots=G-YWyBm_OS&sig=ACfU3U0uzlSUucJ618Pf7rcREAD1jon1UA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjehvbWw5LiAhWfThUIHT9hDTQQ6AEwDnoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=At%20the%20Barn%20a%20comedy%20by%20%20Anthony%20P.%20Wharton&f=false]
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''New Zealand Herald'', 16 October 1915
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''NZ Truth'', 7 October 1916
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''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 10 June 1919
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https://ozvta.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/variety-performers-in-radio-list-1112017.pdf
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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5391139/?ref_=nv_sr_1
  
 
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Revision as of 06:14, 11 May 2019

At the Barn is a comedy in three acts by Anthony P. Wharton (1877–1943)[1]

The original text

Called "an idyll in three acts", it was first performed by Marie Tempest at the Prince of Wales theatre, London (1911 – 1912) and the Prince’s Theatre, Bristol (1912 – 1913). First performed in the USA at the Artef Comedy Theatre, New York from November 30 into December, 1914.

The text was published in London and New York by Samuel French in 1912.

Translations and adaptations

Performed in Italian in Milan under the title Mollie, where Puccini saw it and acquired the rights to the play.

Performance history in South Africa

1919: Performed by a touring company in South Africa, with a cast that included Hilda Attenboro. Probably the Marie Tempest company.

Sources

https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do;jsessionid=CEFB4133F2A4D4590C0E8D608A93D9F2?articleId=a5546

"At the Barn" in Theatricalia[2]

Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures, Volume 9, Issue 1, Google E-book[3]

"At the Barn keysheets" (Performance photographs of At the barn, a play in three acts by Anthony Wharton, produced at the Comedy Theatre, New York, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1914), The New York Public Library Digital Collections[4]

Julian Budden. 2005. Puccini: His Life and Works, Oxford University Press: p. 342[5]

New Zealand Herald, 16 October 1915

NZ Truth, 7 October 1916

Rand Daily Mail, 10 June 1919

https://ozvta.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/variety-performers-in-radio-list-1112017.pdf

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5391139/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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