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According to Allardyce Nicoll (1975: pp.404-5) there were two versions of a play by this name.  
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According to Allardyce Nicoll (1975: pp.404-5) there were two versions of a play by this name.
  
=''[[Human Nature]]'' is a light comedy by Sir Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris] and T.J. Williams ()[].=
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=''[[Human Nature]]'' is a light comedy by Augustus Glossop Harris (1825-1873)[] and T.J. Williams ()[].=
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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Olympic Theatre, London, 22 July 1867
 
Olympic Theatre, London, 22 July 1867
  
=''[[Human Nature]]'' is a drama by H. Pettitt (1848-1893)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)] and Augustus Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris]=
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=''[[Human Nature]]'' is a drama by H. Pettitt (1848-1893)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)] and Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris]=
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
First performed at  
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First performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 12 September, 1885
 
 
the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 12 September, 1885
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:30, 12 April 2020

According to Allardyce Nicoll (1975: pp.404-5) there were two versions of a play by this name.

Human Nature is a light comedy by Augustus Glossop Harris (1825-1873)[] and T.J. Williams ()[].

The original text

Olympic Theatre, London, 22 July 1867

Human Nature is a drama by H. Pettitt (1848-1893)[1] and Augustus Henry Glossop Harris (1852-1896)[2]

The original text

First performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 12 September, 1885

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1904: Performed as Human Nature by Leonard Rayne and his company in the Opera House , Cape Town in the first half of the year.

Sources

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: pp.404-5[3]

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

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)

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 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.420

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