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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.)
 
[[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.)
  
[[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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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.409
  
 
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Revision as of 05:08, 27 August 2020

The Man of Forty is a play in four acts by Walter Frith (1856-1941)[1]

The original text

First performed in the USA from 26 November to 20 December, 1900, by Daniel Frohman at Daly's Theatre, New York.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1901: According to D.C. Boonzaier's reminiscences (1923), The Man of Fortys was performed by the Sass and Nelson Company in the Opera House, Cape Town, as part of a season of plays that commenced on 11 May.

Sources

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/the-man-of-forty-5816

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-man-of-forty-4811

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

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.409

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