Facing the Music
Facing the Music is a farcical comedy in three acts by J.H. Darnley (James Henry Darley, fl. 1890s)
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The original text
Copyrighted at the Theatre Royal, Leicester, on 1 February, 1899 and subsequently performed at the Prince of Wales' Theatre, Liverpool, from on 22 May 1899. First London performance in the Brixton Theatre on 5 June 1900. Published by Samuel French in 1905
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1900: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by Mr Flemming and his company.
Sources
Facsimile version of the Samuel French version (1905), The Internet Archive[1]
J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (p. 5). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[2]
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.408
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