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A short play ''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]'' by Hamilton Coleman was first copyrighted in Chicago in 1913. | A short play ''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]'' by Hamilton Coleman was first copyrighted in Chicago in 1913. | ||
| − | Boonzaier (1923) mentions | + | Boonzaier (1923) mentions two South African performances of a [[variety]] sketch by an unknown author also called ''[[A Bachelor's Dream]]''. Possibly an early (burlesque) version of Coleman's text? |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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A Bachelor's Dream is the title of a novel and of a one act play.
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A Bachelor's Dream the novel
a novel by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (née Hamilton), (1855–1897)[1]
A Bachelor's Dream the play
is a play by Hamilton Coleman ()[].
The original text
A short play A Bachelor's Dream by Hamilton Coleman was first copyrighted in Chicago in 1913.
Boonzaier (1923) mentions two South African performances of a variety sketch by an unknown author also called A Bachelor's Dream. Possibly an early (burlesque) version of Coleman's text?
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1910: Performed by The Edouin-Edwards Company at the Opera House, Cape Town, in April of 1910, as part of a Variety Entertainment that also included The Kleptomaniacs (Winslow).
Sources
Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.Volume 10, Issue 1: Library of Congress. Copyright Office[2]
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: pp.203-205
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