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Revision as of 06:05, 4 September 2020
"The Masqueraders" can refer to a play or to a company.
Contents
The play
"The Masqueraders" is a play by Henry Arthur Jones ()[].
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1895: Performed by Edward Sass and his Gaiety Company in the Cape Town Opera House, under the auspices of the Wheeler Brothers, as part of a season of plays that opened on 1 June till late July.
The company
The Masqueraders was a music hall troupe which played the Standard Theatre in Johannesburg for some weeks and then toured the country. Members included Billy Matthews,
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 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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