Somebody Else
Somebody Else is a comedy by James Robinson Planché (1796–1880)[1].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1868: Performed by Le Roy and Duret in the Commerical Exchange, Cape Town, on 28 February with An Object of Interest (Stocqueler) and a "Musical Melange", as a "Grand Treat of Country Visitors to Agricultural Show".
1868: The plays possibly repeated by Le Roy and Duret in the Commerical Exchange, Cape Town, on 2 March, as a part of a range of attractions on offer for the "Agricultural Show".
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 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.232
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