Sweet Lavender

Sweet Lavender is a play in three acts by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934)[1].

The original text

First performed on 21 March 1888 at Terry's Theatre in London, running for an incredible 684 performances till 25 January 1890. Revived later the same year, it ran for another 737 performances. It saw productions in numerous countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Russia, South Africa, the United States (opening at the Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, in November 1888) and the West Indies.

The text was published and in the series The Plays of Arthur W. Pinero by Walter H. Baker, Boston, in 1893.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1892: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.

1896: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the Searelle Comedy Company, with a cast consisting of Herbert Flemming (as "Wedderburn"), Leslie Kenyon (as "Dick Phenyl"), W. Devereaux (as "Clement"), [[]] (as ""), [[]] (as ""), [[]] (as ""), [[]] (as ""),

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1993 edition by Walter H. Baker, The Internet Archive [2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Lavender

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wing_Pinero

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.394-5

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