Dr Wake's Patient
Dr Wake's Patient is a comedy in four acts by William Gayer Mackay and Robert Ord
Some versions give the names of the authors as "Gayer Mackay, Robert Ord William" and F.C.L. Bosman (1980:p. 432) has "W.J. Mackay and 'R. Ord' ". In a later edition by Forgotten Books (2016), the play is ascribed to Mackay alone, but all other reprint versions have the authorsjip as given above.
Contents
The original text
First produced by Otho Stuart at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 5 September, 1906.
Published in 1909 by Samuel French, ltd.
Translations and adaptations
Filmed in 1916, directed by Fred Paul, with a scenario by Harry Engholm and featuring Phyllis Dare.
Performance history in South Africa
1910: Performed by the new De Jong-Black Company in the Tivoli Theatre, Cape Town, as part of a season that had commenced on 12 January.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1909 Samuel French edition, The Internet Archive[1]
https://www.worldcat.org/title/dr-wakes-patient-a-comedy-in-four-acts/oclc/5297080
Google listing of later editions of the play[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.432-2
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