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Niobe is a light comedy by Harry Paulton and Edward Paulton.
Also listed as Niobe (All Smiles).
Contents
The original text
First performed in Liverpool on 1 September, 1890 and in London at the Strand Theatre on 11 April, 1894.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1893: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the Emilie Bevan Comedy Company.
1893: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the Wheeler Company as well.
1909: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the Leonard Rayne Company, featuring Lionel B. Stent, .
Sources
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p.516[1]
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 1932. (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: pp.395,
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