Off Duty
Off Duty is a domestic comedy in one act by T. Edgar Pemberton (Thomas Edgar Pemberton, 1849-1905)[]
Sometimes found written in parenthesis as "Off Duty".
Contents
The original text
Published by Samuel French in 1886 as Issue 1864 of French's acting edition.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1889: Performed by the Luscombe Searelle company in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town, as part of a season of plays with which the company toured the country. A star member of the company was the London comedian, Lionel Brough.
Sources
Facsimile version of the text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]
Online Books by T. Edgar Pemberton, The Online Books Page[2]
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: p.388
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