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1859: Performed as ''[[The Farmer's Story, or The Three Trials of Life]]'' by the [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the in the [[Cape Town Theatre]], on 25 November, with a "Highland Fling" by [[Miss Powell]] and ''[[Who'll Lend me Five Shillings?]]'' (Anon) | 1859: Performed as ''[[The Farmer's Story, or The Three Trials of Life]]'' by the [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the in the [[Cape Town Theatre]], on 25 November, with a "Highland Fling" by [[Miss Powell]] and ''[[Who'll Lend me Five Shillings?]]'' (Anon) | ||
| − | + | 1861: Performed as ''[[The Three Trials of Life]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 12 August, with ''[[A Pretty Piece of Business]]'' (Morton). | |
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Revision as of 05:01, 29 June 2021
The Farmer's Story is a domestic drama in three acts by William Bayle Bernard (1807 –1875)[1].
Also found as The Farmer's Story, or The Three Trials of Life or alternatively titled The Three Trials of Life
Contents
The original text
A moralistic melodrama consisting of three acts, described in Sefton Parry's publicity as "Act I: Labor and its Lessons; Act II: Wealth and its Consequences; Act III: Want and its Temptations!!!" (Bosman, 1980: p. 81)
Performed on 13 June 1836, at the Lyceum Theatre, London.
Published by J. Duncombe & Co. in 1836 (19th-century Playbooks Collection) and later by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1871 and by Dicks, 1883 (as Volume 434 of Dicks' standard plays).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1859: Performed as The Farmer's Story, or The Three Trials of Life by the Sefton Parry and his company in the in the Cape Town Theatre, on 25 November, with a "Highland Fling" by Miss Powell and Who'll Lend me Five Shillings? (Anon)
1861: Performed as The Three Trials of Life by Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 12 August, with A Pretty Piece of Business (Morton).
Sources
https://www.worldcat.org/title/farmers-story-a-domestic-drama-in-three-acts/oclc/8522672
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bayle_Bernard
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.78, 81, 98, 109
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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