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| − | First performed at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, on 27 October, 18989, and at the 28 March - 6 July 1900 at the St James Theatre, London. Produced in the USA by Daniel Frohman at Daly's Theatre, New York, playing from 26 November to 20 December, 1900, . | + | First performed at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, on 27 October, 18989, and by George Alexander at the 28 March - 6 July 1900 at the St James Theatre, London. Produced in the USA by Daniel Frohman at Daly's Theatre, New York, playing from 26 November to 20 December, 1900, . |
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Revision as of 05:18, 27 August 2020
The Man of Forty is a play in four acts by Walter Frith (1856-1941)[1]
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The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, on 27 October, 18989, and by George Alexander at the 28 March - 6 July 1900 at the St James Theatre, London. Produced in the USA by Daniel Frohman at Daly's Theatre, New York, playing from 26 November to 20 December, 1900, .
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
Lucie Sutherland. 2020. George Alexander and the Work of the Actor-Manager. Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Springer Nature
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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 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: p.409
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