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| − | + | First performed at the Theatre Royal Lyceum, London, on 12 March, 1854 and published in London by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]], in 1856. Also in ''French's Minor Drama'' (no. 193) and ''Spencer's Boston Theatre: a collection of scarce acting tragedies, comedies, dramas, farces and burlettas'' (vol. 7, no. 52), | |
Advertised as ''[[No. 1 Round the Corner]]'' (no author given) and called a "good two character piece" in a listing of "Plays suitable for private performances" in ''The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar'' for 1881 (p.62). | Advertised as ''[[No. 1 Round the Corner]]'' (no author given) and called a "good two character piece" in a listing of "Plays suitable for private performances" in ''The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar'' for 1881 (p.62). | ||
Revision as of 06:30, 8 November 2020
Number One, Round the Corner is a one act farce by William Brough (1826-1870)[1]
Also found as No. 1 Round the Corner
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal Lyceum, London, on 12 March, 1854 and published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy, in 1856. Also in French's Minor Drama (no. 193) and Spencer's Boston Theatre: a collection of scarce acting tragedies, comedies, dramas, farces and burlettas (vol. 7, no. 52),
Advertised as No. 1 Round the Corner (no author given) and called a "good two character piece" in a listing of "Plays suitable for private performances" in The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar for 1881 (p.62).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1877: Performed as No. 1 Round the Corner in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 25 October, as an afterpiece to Blow for Blow (Byron).
1889: Performed as No. 1 Round the Corner in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town, by Luscombe Searelle's company as part of a season of plays featuring Lionel Brough (brother of the author) and put on during the second half of the year. The season was not a success.
Sources
"Brough, William 1826-1870", WorldCat Identities[2]
Facsimile version of Spencer's Boston theatre: a collection of scarce acting tragedies, comedies, dramas, farces and burlettas (v. 7, no. 52), Hathi Trust Digital Library[]
The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar for 1881 (p.62), Google E-book[3]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.362, 388
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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