Number One, Round the Corner
Number One, Round the Corner is a one act farce by William Brough ()[]
Also found as No. 1 Round the Corner
Contents
The original text
Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1857
Advertised as No. 1 Round the Corner (no author given) and called a "good two character piece" in a listing of "Plays suitable for private performances" in The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar for 1881 (p.62).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1877: Performed as No. 1 Round the Corner in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 25 October, as an afterpiece to Blow for Blow (Byron).
1889: Performed as No. 1 Round the Corner in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town, by Luscombe Searelle's company as part of a season of plays featuring Lionel Brough put on during the second half of the year. The season was not a success.
Sources
Facsimile version of Spencer's Boston theatre: a collection of scarce acting tragedies, comedies, dramas, farces and burlettas, Hathi Trust Digital Library[]
The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar for 1881 (p.62), Google E-book[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.362, 388
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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