His House in Order

His House in Order is a comedy in four acts by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934)[1].

The original text

First performed at St James's Theatre, London, on 1 February 1906, and on 1 February, 1907 celebrated its 400th performance there. It was also played in New York in 1906, where it starred John Drew and Margaret Illington.

The text published in 1906 by W. Heinemann, London.

Translations and adaptations

Adapted as an American silent film in 1920 by Famous Players-Lasky company, directed by Hugh Ford, and again as a British silent film, directed by Randle Ayrton and starring Tallulah Bankhead, Ian Hunter and David Hawthorne, in 1928.

Performance history in South Africa

1906: Performed by a Comedy Company presented by the Wheeler Company at the Opera House, Cape Town, as part of a season in the spring (the season started on 27 August with R.C. Carton's play, Mr Hopkinson). The cast of His House in Order included Marie Housley (as "Geraldine Ridley"), Wilfred E. Payne (as "Major Maurewark") and six year old Sylvia Edney (as "Derek Jessen").

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1907 Special Edition of the text by by W. Heinemann, The Internet Archive [2]

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_House_in_Order_(1920_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_House_in_Order_(1928_film)

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: p.426

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