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| − | ''[[His Last Legs]]'' is a farce in two acts by William Bayle Bernard (1807-1875)
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| − | Because the main character in Bernard's play was a stage Irishman named "Felix O'Callaghan", described in the text and on playbills as "A Man of Genius, on his Last Legs", the play is on occasion referred to as ''[[O'Callaghan on His Legs]]'' or ''[[O'Callaghan on His Last Legs]]'', the latter phrase also occurring as a statement in James Joyce's ''[[Ullyses]]'', quite possibly as a metaphoric reference to the play.
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | First performed in London in 1839
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1891-2: Performed by the [[Geneviève Ward Company]] during a nine months' tour of South Africa, under the auspices of [[Luscombe Searelle]], featuring [[Geneviève Ward]] and [[W.H. Vernon]] in the leading roles.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Victory Pomeranz. 1971. "O'Callaghan on His Last Legs" in ''James Joyce Quarterly'' (Vol. 9, No. 1: Fall) pp. 136-139.
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| − | Don Gifford and Robert J. Seidman. 2008. ''Ulysses Annotated: Revised and Expanded Edition'' University of California Press: p.109[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=fE9mkomQHEQC&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=O%27Callaghan+on+His+Legs+is+a+play+by&source=bl&ots=HLKDFxxaAy&sig=ACfU3U2PNBj3I1qKtdYPvQdIGuvyM_YbRQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiF2pO6kuLpAhWMEMAKHXw5DKoQ6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=O'Callaghan%20on%20His%20Legs%20is%20a%20play%20by&f=false]
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| − | [[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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| − | [[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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