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First performed at St James's Theatre, London, on 29 December, 1881. | First performed at St James's Theatre, London, on 29 December, 1881. | ||
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 04:55, 8 June 2021
The Squire is a comedy in three acts by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934)[1]
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The original text
First performed at St James's Theatre, London, on 29 December, 1881.
Thomas Hardy ()[] claimed that the play was a plagiarised from Hardy's own stage adaptation of his novel The Mayor of Casterbridge ()[].
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1882-3: Performed by the Mabel Hayes Company in the old Theatre Royal in Burg Street, Cape Town, as part of a season as lessee and manager of the venue.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wing_Pinero
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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