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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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_Possession
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Revision as of 06:46, 19 October 2019

There are two plays by this name


The Man in Possession by James Albery (1876)

The original text

Written by by James Albery (1838–1889)[1], it opened at the Gaiety Theatre, London, on 4 December, 1876.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205

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The Man in Possession by H.M Harwood (1930)

The original text

A play in three acts and an epilogue by Harold Marsh Harwood (1874–1959)[2], it opened on . Published in London by E. Benn in 1930.

Translations and adaptations

Twice filmed, in 1931 as The Man in Possession[3] by Sam Wood and in 1937 as Personal Property[4] by W.S. Van Dyke, with Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor. (The latter film also used the alternate title of The Man in Possession on occasion).

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_Possession


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