His House in Order

His House in Order is a play by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934)[1].

The original text

First performed at St James's Theatre, London, on 1 February 1906.

Translations and adaptations

Adapted as an American silent film in 1920 by Famous Players-Lasky company, directed by Hugh Ford, and again in the United Kingdom in 1928.

Performance history in South Africa

1906: Performed by a Comedy Company presented by the Wheeler Company at the Opera House, Cape Town, as part of a season in the spring (the season started on 27 August with R.C. Carton's play, Mr Hopkinson). The cast of His House in Order included Marie Housley (as "Geraldine Ridley"), Wilfred E. Payne (as "Major Maurewark") and six year old Sylvia Edney (as "Derek Jessen").

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wing_Pinero

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.426

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