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== Sources ==
 
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Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900'' (Volume 5). Cambridge University Press: p. 237[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237&dq=The+Man+in+Possession+by+James+Albery&source=bl&ots=j0d5roEanz&sig=ACfU3U03RbrTWo9-CeqYqhTXh-KvzKx6-Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjB7v-NxKflAhVUUBUIHQuVCRYQ6AEwB3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Man%20in%20Possession%20by%20James%20Albery&f=false]
 
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900'' (Volume 5). Cambridge University Press: p. 237[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237&dq=The+Man+in+Possession+by+James+Albery&source=bl&ots=j0d5roEanz&sig=ACfU3U03RbrTWo9-CeqYqhTXh-KvzKx6-Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjB7v-NxKflAhVUUBUIHQuVCRYQ6AEwB3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Man%20in%20Possession%20by%20James%20Albery&f=false]

Revision as of 07:01, 19 October 2019

There are two plays by this name


The Man in Possession by James Albery (1876)

The original text

A comedy in three acts by James Albery (1838–1889)[1], it opened at the Gaiety Theatre, London, on 4 December, 1876.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1878: Performed by the Egerton and Case Company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 8 August.

Sources

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900 (Volume 5). Cambridge University Press: p. 237[2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.371

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The Man in Possession by H.M Harwood (1930)

The original text

A play in three acts and an epilogue by Harold Marsh Harwood (1874–1959)[3], it opened on . Published in London by E. Benn in 1930.

Translations and adaptations

Twice filmed, in 1931 as The Man in Possession[4] by Sam Wood and in 1937 as Personal Property[5] by W.S. Van Dyke, with Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor. (The latter film also used the alternate title of The Man in Possession on occasion).

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16007207?q&versionId=19508508

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Property_(film)


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