Secret Service
Secret Service is an American play by W. Gilette ()[]
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1898: Performed on in South Africa as Secret Service by a company under the management of the Wheeler Brothers, as part of a repertoire that also included The Tree of Knowledge, A Marriage of Convenience and My Friend, The Prince. The company included George Hippisley, Wilton Heriot, Jessie Bateman, Mabel Lane and Sallie Booth.
Sources
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.406
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