The Bells of Haslemere
The Bells of Haslemere is a melodrama by Henry Pettit and Sydney Grundy.
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The original text
Opened at the Windsor Theatre in New York on 23 December, 1889.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1890: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, on 8 March by the Chambers Company, under the management of Emma Chambers. The cast consisted of Will R. Bernard, Albert Marsh, Joseph Ashman, Edward Vincent, Harold Selwyn, George Herbert, Affey Bevan, Emilie Bevan, Emma Chambers, Roy Aird.
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 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: p. 390
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