The Solicitor

The Solicitor is a farcical comedy in three acts by J.H. Darnley (fl. 1880s-1890s)[].

The original text

Probably a new version of/sequal to the play The Barrister by J.H. Darnley and G. Manville Fenn. (performed in Leeds and London in 1887, published by Samuel French)[1], The solicitor was first performed in Liverpool on 5 May, 1890, and at Toole's Theatre, London from 3 July to 7 November of the same year. Published by Samuel French, c1902.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1895: Performed by Edward Sass and his Gaiety Company in the Cape Town Opera House, under the auspices of the Wheeler Brothers, as part of a season of plays that opened on 1 June till late July.

Sources

Facsimile version of the original published text of The Solicitor, Hathi Trust Digital Library [2]

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044086859709&view=1up&seq=7

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

J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition, p. 423). Scarecrow Press, Google E-bookp. 28[3]

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