Smith

Smith is a comedy in four acts by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)[1]

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?].

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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