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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 19 July, as part of "Grand Masonic Bespeak" under the patronage of both the [[Dutch]] and English lodges. Billed as ''[['Tis She, or Maid, Wife and Widow]]''by an unnamed author, it shared the bill with a comic dance by [[Mr Luin]] and [[Harry Burton]] and the five-act comedy, ''[[The Soldier's Daughter]]'' (Cherry). | + | 1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 19 July, as part of "Grand Masonic Bespeak" under the patronage of both the [[Dutch]] and English lodges. Billed as ''[['Tis She, or Maid, Wife and Widow]]'' a "beautiful comedietta" by an unnamed author, it shared the bill with a comic dance called "''[[Gocum and Lisbeth]]''" by [[Mr Luin]] and [[Harry Burton]] and the five-act comedy, ''[[The Soldier's Daughter]]'' (Cherry). |
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| + | 1866: Performed as ''[['Tis She, or Maid, Wife and Widow]]'' by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 19 July, with ''[[Pizarro]]'' (Kotzebue/Sheridan) | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
| − | Facsimile version of the 1838 text, Google E-Book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=9F5gAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%27Tis+She,+or+Maid,+Wife+and+Widow&source=bl&ots=A5iEqGy5RK&sig=ACfU3U0nOrDuqfxLwQn4kuCq_N8GuPr0fA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjW8LO2peTnAhUlDmMBHd5QD-oQ6AEwC3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q='Tis%20She%2C%20or%20Maid%2C%20Wife%20and%20Widow&f=false] | + | Facsimile version of the 1838 text, [[Google E-Book]][https://books.google.co.za/books?id=9F5gAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=%27Tis+She,+or+Maid,+Wife+and+Widow&source=bl&ots=A5iEqGy5RK&sig=ACfU3U0nOrDuqfxLwQn4kuCq_N8GuPr0fA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjW8LO2peTnAhUlDmMBHd5QD-oQ6AEwC3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q='Tis%20She%2C%20or%20Maid%2C%20Wife%20and%20Widow&f=false] |
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | [[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|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.211 | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.211, 213, 215, 218 |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:44, 12 June 2023
" 'Tis She!", or The Maid, the Wife and the Widow is a farce in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854).
Also found as 'Tis She, or Maid, Wife and Widow
Contents
The original text
First performed on 6 February, 1838 in the St. James's Theatre, London.
Published in England by Strange, London, and in the USA by Turner and Fisher, in 1838
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 19 July, as part of "Grand Masonic Bespeak" under the patronage of both the Dutch and English lodges. Billed as 'Tis She, or Maid, Wife and Widow a "beautiful comedietta" by an unnamed author, it shared the bill with a comic dance called "Gocum and Lisbeth" by Mr Luin and Harry Burton and the five-act comedy, The Soldier's Daughter (Cherry).
1866: Performed as 'Tis She, or Maid, Wife and Widow by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 19 July, with Pizarro (Kotzebue/Sheridan)
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1838 text, Google E-Book[1]
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.211, 213, 215, 218
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