Difference between revisions of "No Smoking Allowed, or Cat and Dog"
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Revision as of 05:19, 9 November 2020
No Smoking Allowed, or Cat and Dog is a play by an anonymous author.
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The original text
Though further reference to such a play has been found, this appears to have been a two hander for the two transformation artistes, for the following short description is cited by F.C.L. Bosman (1980: p246): "The Cat, an ill used wife; The Dog, an outraged husband."
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1869: Performed as part of the repertoire of Bailey and Calzado, part of the Poussard-Bailey Company, when they undertook a private tour in South Africa during May, inter alia performing in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town, in a concert that also included songs by Leffler and "Tragic Recitations" by Brazier.
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: pp.203-205
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