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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1887 Part of the repertoire of the [[Wheeler Theatrical Company]] when they performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town during April and May. Described by [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1923) as a "perfectly constructed and intensely amusing farcical comedy", it featured the actor E.A. Elton in one of the leads and was generally well received. | ||
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== Sources == | == 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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | [[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|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]]: | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.384. |
Revision as of 06:35, 26 April 2019
Confusion is a dramatic sketch by Francis W. Moore.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1887 Part of the repertoire of the Wheeler Theatrical Company when they performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town during April and May. Described by Boonzaier (1923) as a "perfectly constructed and intensely amusing farcical comedy", it featured the actor E.A. Elton in one of the leads and was generally well received.
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 1923. (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: p.384.
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