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Lord and Lady Algy is a comedy by R.C. Carton ()[]

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A comedy about Lord Algy's gambling obsession and its impact on his marriage, the comedy premiered in London in 1898 and played in New York at the Empire Theatre in 1899.

Translations and adaptations

The play was made into a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont.[1] (The film itself is lost.)

Performance history in South Africa

1899: Performed by a company led by Frank Atherley, under the management of the Wheeler-Edwardes Company, appearing in the Opera House, Cape Town, early in the year.

1903: Performed by the Sass and Nelson Company, appearing in the Opera House, Cape Town, in June, with Emma Glynne as "Lady Algernon Chetland".

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_and_Lady_Algy_(play)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_and_Lady_Algy_(film)

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.406, 415

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