Difference between revisions of "The Magistrate"
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| + | 1892-3: Performed as part of the repertoire of the [[Emily Bevan Comedy Company]] at the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town. | ||
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19**: [[Lionel B. Stent]] appeared in a production of this play during the early years of the twentieth century in Pretoria. | 19**: [[Lionel B. Stent]] appeared in a production of this play during the early years of the twentieth century in Pretoria. | ||
Revision as of 06:53, 23 August 2020
The Magistrate [1] is an 1885 farce by English playwright Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934) [2]. A respectable English Magistrate gets caught up in a series of scandalous events that almost cause his disgrace.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1886: First produced in South Africa at the Theatre Royal, Burg Street, Cape Town, by Madame Pearmain and her company, featuring W.H. Thorne as the "Posket".
1892-3: Performed as part of the repertoire of the Emily Bevan Comedy Company at the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town.
19**: Lionel B. Stent appeared in a production of this play during the early years of the twentieth century in Pretoria.
1969: Staged by PACT at the Alexander Theatre, directed by Roy Sargeant, featuring Anthony James (Mr Posket), Kerry Jordan (Mr Bullamy), John Hayter (Col. Lukyn), Angus Neill (Capt. Horace Vale), John Rogers (Cis Farringdon), Don McCorkindale (Achille Blond), David Goatham (Isidore), Siegfried Mynhardt (Mr Wormington), Michael Drin (Insp. Messiter), Dale Cutts (Sgt. Lugg), George Jackson (Const. Harris), Peter Larlham (Wyke), Valerie Miller (Agatha Posket), Erica Rogers (Charlotte), Lynne White (Beatie Tomlinson) and Maryann Johnston (Popham). Decor by Ken Calder and costumes by Aubrey Couling.
Sources
Wikipedia [3].
World Drama by Allardyce Nicoll, 1949.
PACT theatre programme, 1969.
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
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