The Wrong Mr Wright

The Wrong Mr Wright is a play by George Howells Broadhurst (1866–1952)[1]

Often found in the American grammatical form as The Wrong Mr. Wright.

The original text

First performed at

Translations and adaptations

Filmed as The Wrong Mr. Wright[2] in 1927, directed by Scott Sidney.

Performance history in South Africa

1900: Performed by the Herbert Flemming Company as part of an extended season in the Opera House, Cape Town.

Sources

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrong_Mr._Wright

J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition, pp. 81, 113). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[3]

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.203-205

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