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Revision as of 06:25, 8 August 2019
Society is a comedy by T.W. Robertson (1829-1871)[1].
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The original text
First produced in 1865 at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool, and thereafter at the Prince of Wales's Theatre in London's West End, where it ran from 11 November 1865 to 4 May 1866.
The text was published - with Robertson's Caste - by D.C. Heath & Co (Boston & London) in 1905 Publisher .
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1884-5: Performed by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_(play)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Robertson
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: pp.325
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