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''[[Master and Man]]'' is a play in four acts by George R. Sims (1847-1922)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Robert_Sims] and Henry Pettitt | ''[[Master and Man]]'' is a play in four acts by George R. Sims (1847-1922)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Robert_Sims] and Henry Pettitt | ||
| − | It is sometimes attributed to "Henry Pettitt and George R. Sims", or to Sims alone. In typical Victorian melodrama style, the title is at times billed as '''''[[Master and Man!]]'''''. On occasion it also appears as '''''[[Master and the Man]]''''' in | + | It is sometimes attributed to "Henry Pettitt and George R. Sims", or even to G.R. Sims alone. In typical Victorian melodrama style, the title is at times billed as '''''[[Master and Man!]]'''''. On at least one occasion it also appears as '''''[[Master and the Man]]''''' in the sources. |
''Not to be confused with any English stage versions of "Master and Man", the short story by Leo Tolstoy (1895) or '''[[The Married Bachelor, or Master and Man]]''', a one-act farce by P.P. O'Callaghan (1821).'' | ''Not to be confused with any English stage versions of "Master and Man", the short story by Leo Tolstoy (1895) or '''[[The Married Bachelor, or Master and Man]]''', a one-act farce by P.P. O'Callaghan (1821).'' | ||
Revision as of 06:21, 5 July 2020
Master and Man is a play in four acts by George R. Sims (1847-1922)[1] and Henry Pettitt
It is sometimes attributed to "Henry Pettitt and George R. Sims", or even to G.R. Sims alone. In typical Victorian melodrama style, the title is at times billed as Master and Man!. On at least one occasion it also appears as Master and the Man in the sources.
Not to be confused with any English stage versions of "Master and Man", the short story by Leo Tolstoy (1895) or The Married Bachelor, or Master and Man, a one-act farce by P.P. O'Callaghan (1821).
Contents
The original text
The play is so
First performed at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Birmingham, on 18 March 1889 and 1890 – 1891, at Prince’s Theatre, Bristol in 1890-1891[2]. It also played on Broadway in 1890, where it apparently lasted for less than two weeks.
Translations and adaptations
A number of films were made of the play, including silent British film adaptations in 1915 (directed by Percy Nash) and 1929 (directed by George A. Cooper), and a sound film in 1934 (directed by John Harlow).
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_and_Man_(play)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Robert_Sims
https://theatricalia.com/play/1zw/master-and-man/production/4ww
Rachael Low. The History of British Film (Volume 3). Routledge: The History of the British ..., Volume 3 edited by
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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Leonard Rayne
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