The Ogre
The Ogre is a play by Henry Arthur Jones (1851-1929)[1].
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The original text
A light comedy about power-play in a marriage, it was first produced at St. James's Theatre, London on 11 September, 1911.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1912: Performed for the first time in Cape Town by the Alfred Paumier and his company in the Opera House during April. (The title seems to have been wrongly given as "The Orge" by Boonzaier , for it is thus transcribed by Bosman in his 1980 book.)
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Arthur_Jones
Review: The Ogre By Henry Arthur Jones, The Playgoer and Society Illustrated, No. 25.[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: pp.203-205
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