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1890: Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, during March and April by the [[Chambers Theatrical Company]], under the management of [[Emma Chambers]]. The cast consisted of [[Will R. Bernard]], [[Albert Marsh]], [[Joseph Ashman]], [[Edward Vincent]], [[Harold Selwyn]], [[George Herbert]], [[Affey Bevan]], [[Emilie Bevan]], [[Emma Chambers]], [[Roy Aird]]. | 1890: Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, during March and April by the [[Chambers Theatrical Company]], under the management of [[Emma Chambers]]. The cast consisted of [[Will R. Bernard]], [[Albert Marsh]], [[Joseph Ashman]], [[Edward Vincent]], [[Harold Selwyn]], [[George Herbert]], [[Affey Bevan]], [[Emilie Bevan]], [[Emma Chambers]], [[Roy Aird]]. | ||
− | 1902-3: Performed by [[ | + | 1902-3: Performed by [[Leonard Rayne]] at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, under the auspices of the [[Mouillot-De Jong Company]], as part of a season of musical comedy and light opera beginning in December of 1902 and running into 1903. |
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Revision as of 17:16, 31 July 2019
In the Ranks is a melodrama by George Robert Sims (1847–1922)[1] and Henry Pettitt (1848–1893)[2].
("Sims" wrongly given as "G.R. Eims" by F.C.L. Bosman, 1980)
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It played for 457 performances at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in 1883. It was shown at the Standard Theatre in New York in the same year.
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Performance history in South Africa
1890: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, during March and April by the Chambers Theatrical Company, under the management of Emma Chambers. The cast consisted of Will R. Bernard, Albert Marsh, Joseph Ashman, Edward Vincent, Harold Selwyn, George Herbert, Affey Bevan, Emilie Bevan, Emma Chambers, Roy Aird.
1902-3: Performed by Leonard Rayne at the Opera House, Cape Town, under the auspices of the Mouillot-De Jong Company, as part of a season of musical comedy and light opera beginning in December of 1902 and running into 1903.
Sources
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Robert_Sims
Amusements: "In the Ranks", in the New York Times (November. 2, 1883)[3]
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. 390
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