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=''[[The Masqueraders]]'' - The play= | =''[[The Masqueraders]]'' - The play= | ||
| − | A play by Henry Arthur Jones ()[]. | + | A play in four acts by Henry Arthur Jones ()[]. |
==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | Privately printed in 1894. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 06:22, 4 September 2020
"The Masqueraders" can refer to a play or to a company.
Contents
The Masqueraders - The play
A play in four acts by Henry Arthur Jones ()[].
The original text
Privately printed in 1894.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1895: Performed by Edward Sass and his Gaiety Company in the Cape Town Opera House, under the auspices of the Wheeler Brothers, as part of a season of plays that opened on 1 June till late July.
The Masqueraders - The company
The Masqueraders was a small musical ensemble (active circa 1918-1921), that at one time appeared at the Standard Theatre in Johannesburg for some weeks and then toured the country. Members over the years included Billy Matthews and Bertie Solomon.
Sources
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.401
Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm (1982)
Woolfson, Malcolm - But the melody lingers on
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