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Revision as of 05:28, 28 May 2021
Smith is a comedy in four acts by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)[1]
Contents
The original text
First produced at the Comedy Theatre, London on 23 September, 1909. Published in London by Heinemann in 1913 and in Chicago by The Dramatic Publishing Company, [1913?].
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1910: Performed by the De Jong-Black Company at the Tivoli Theatre, Cape Town, opening to great acclaim on 12 January. The cast included Herbert Ford, Augustus Wheatman, Louis du Cane, Maud Townsend and Kate Walbram.
Sources
Facsimile version of the American text of 1913, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_W._Somerset_Maugham#Plays
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 1923. (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.431-2
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