Difference between revisions of "The Secret of the Hole in the Wall"
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Thomas A. Bogar. 2002. ''John E. Owens: Nineteenth Century American Actor and Manager''. McFarland: p. 173.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dUxyBjj8HUYC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=The+Secret+of+the+Hole+in+the+Wall++farce&source=bl&ots=l6Q9OkB_Cf&sig=wN8h-1lmo8HSPTGEXQ8IcpBSXWI&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif6ZXy-rPbAhWiJMAKHccbD2EQ6AEINzAH#v=onepage&q=The%20Secret%20of%20the%20Hole%20in%20the%20Wall%20%20farce&f=false] | Thomas A. Bogar. 2002. ''John E. Owens: Nineteenth Century American Actor and Manager''. McFarland: p. 173.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dUxyBjj8HUYC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=The+Secret+of+the+Hole+in+the+Wall++farce&source=bl&ots=l6Q9OkB_Cf&sig=wN8h-1lmo8HSPTGEXQ8IcpBSXWI&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif6ZXy-rPbAhWiJMAKHccbD2EQ6AEINzAH#v=onepage&q=The%20Secret%20of%20the%20Hole%20in%20the%20Wall%20%20farce&f=false] | ||
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A comedy, in five acts it was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, in 1799 and published by Cadell and Davies in the same year. | A comedy, in five acts it was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, in 1799 and published by Cadell and Davies in the same year. | ||
Revision as of 05:18, 2 June 2018
The title The Secret of the Hole in the Wall occurs in F.C.L. Bosman (1980), as a work by an anonymous author.
It was performed under this title at the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 9 July, 1858, with Plot and Passion, or The Female Gambler (Taylor and Lang).
The (approximate) title of
The original text
There are a few works that apparently used the titles the "hole in the wall" or "The secret" and may have been the original text used. Two likely candidates appear to be
The Hole in the Wall by John Poole
A farce in two acts, it was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, in 1813 and published by J.M. Richardson in the same year.
Facsimile version of the 1813 edition of The Hole in the Wall by Poole, Google E-book[1]
Thomas A. Bogar. 2002. John E. Owens: Nineteenth Century American Actor and Manager. McFarland: p. 173.[2]
The Secret by Edward Morris
A comedy, in five acts it was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, in 1799 and published by Cadell and Davies in the same year.
