The Talk of the Town
The Talk of the Town is a comedy by the actor and playwright Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923)[]
Also found as The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber
Not to be confused with the musical comedy The Talk of the Town, a comedy about the fabled Algonquin Roundtable in New York, written by Ginny Redington and Tom Dawes.
Contents
The original text
First performed as The Talk of the Town in Cork on 4 December, 1896 and as The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber in Bath
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1905: Performed by the Sass-Nelson Musical Comedy Company in the Opera House, Cape Town, in February, featuring William Cromwell and Chrissie Leonard.
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: pp.203-205
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p. 351 [1]
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