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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
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
 
  
 
J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. (Second, revised edition, p. 423). Scarecrow Press, Google E-bookp. 28[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nF8pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=the+solicitor+a+play+by+j.h.+darnley&source=bl&ots=hggRSdTh3E&sig=ACfU3U2v-7gs_AyJAl57Xn_EtjWwCqGocQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdptvB17HwAhU9RxUIHdGFDYQQ6AEwB3oECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=the%20solicitor%20a%20play%20by%20j.h.%20darnley&f=false]
 
J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. (Second, revised edition, p. 423). Scarecrow Press, Google E-bookp. 28[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nF8pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=the+solicitor+a+play+by+j.h.+darnley&source=bl&ots=hggRSdTh3E&sig=ACfU3U2v-7gs_AyJAl57Xn_EtjWwCqGocQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdptvB17HwAhU9RxUIHdGFDYQQ6AEwB3oECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=the%20solicitor%20a%20play%20by%20j.h.%20darnley&f=false]

Revision as of 04:53, 2 June 2021

The Solicitor is a farcical comedy by J.H. Darnley

The original text

First performed in Liverpool on 5 May, 1890, and at Toole's Theatre, London from 3 July to 7 November of the same year.

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.

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

J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition, p. 423). Scarecrow Press, Google E-bookp. 28[1]

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