Our Flat
Our Flat is a farcical comedy by Mrs Musgrave ()[].
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Described by the Cape Town critic D.C. Boonzaier as "a singularly unattractive piece" in his 1923 theatre memoirs[].
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Performance history in South Africa
1889: Performed by Lionel Brough as part of his repertoire while on tour in South Africa under the auspices of Luscombe Searelle, inter alia appearing in it for a few nights at the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town towards the end of the year.
1902: Performed by the comedian Willie Edouin when he was brought out to perform in South Africa by the Wheeler Theatre Company in March.
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.388, 410
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