What Happened to Jones
What Happened to Jones is a farce by George Howells Broadhurst (1866-1952)[1].
Also found as What Happened to Jones.
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After warmup performances in New Haven, Connecticut, it opened at the Manhattan Theatre on Broadway on August 30, 1897. In London the play opened at The Strand on 9 April, 1898 (playing for 383 performances). Charles Arnold starred in this production, and then took it on an international tour of the colonies, including to Australia and South Africa.
Translations and adaptations
Three silent film versions were made of the play, directed by Fred Mace in 1915[2], directed by James Cruze in 1920[3] and directed by William A. Seiter in 1926[4].
Performance history in South Africa
1900: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, in January, by a visiting company led by Charles Arnold that included five of the original performers from the London premiere. The full cast consisted of Charles Arnold (as "Jones"), Frederick B. Sharp (as "Ebenezer Goodby"), Frank H. Denton (as "Richard Heatherley"), E.W. Thomas (as "Thomas Holder"), Fred. W. Leonard (as "William Bigbee"), Hugh Ardale (as "Henry Fuller"), Agness Nights (as "Mrs Goodby"), Dot Frederic (as "Cissy"), Eugene Magnus (as "Marjorie"), Beatrice Mervyn (as "Minerva"), Sallie Booth (as "Alvina Starlight") and Ada Lee (as "Helma").
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Happened_to_Jones_(play)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Broadhurst
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Happened_to_Jones_(1915_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Happened_to_Jones_(1920_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Happened_to_Jones_(1926_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: pp.407-8
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