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− | ''[[ Hollybush Hall, or The Track in the Snow]]'' is a light comedy by Suter | + | ''[[ Hollybush Hall, or The Track in the Snow]]'' is a light comedy by William E. Suter |
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− | Not toe be confused with another stage version of the story, called ''[[ Hollybush Hall, or A Track in the Snow]]'', written by John Mordaunt | + | ''Not toe be confused with another stage version of the story, called ''[[ Hollybush Hall, or A Track in the Snow]]'', written by John Mordaunt'' |
==The original text== | ==The original text== |
Revision as of 06:49, 7 April 2020
Hollybush Hall, or The Track in the Snow is a light comedy by William E. Suter
Also found as Holly Bush Hall, or The Track in the Snow
Not toe be confused with another stage version of the story, called Hollybush Hall, or A Track in the Snow, written by John Mordaunt
Contents
The original text
Based on a story in Reynold's Miscellany
First performed at the Queen's Theatre, London, on 25 February, 1860 and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1865: Performed as Hollybush Hall, or The Track in the Snow by the officers of the 1st Batallion of the 10th Regiment in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 11 and 14 March, along with Wanted a 1000 Spirited Young Milliners for the Gold Diggings ()().
Sources
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press[1]
Allan Stuart Jackson. 1993. The Standard Theatre of Victorian England. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.p.127, Google E-book[2]
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.203-205
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