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| − | 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]]'' it shared the bill with | + | 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). |
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Revision as of 06:37, 22 February 2020
" 'Tis She!", or The Maid, the Wife and the Widow is a farce in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks
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 Widowby 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).
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.211-212
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