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A kiss in the dark : a farce in one act / by John Baldwin Buckstone ...
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== The original text ==
  
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Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy 1852
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1857: Performed as the opening production in [[Sefton Parry]]'s first wooden theatre in Harrington Street, Cape Town,  on 14 September (along with ''[[Why don't she Marry]]''? and ''[[A Thumping Legacy]]'') Often played in South Africa.
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1861: Performed on 3 August  in the [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players]] ("the non-commissioned officers and men of the 11th Regiment") in aid of the "Distressed Lancashire Operatives" , as afterpiece to  ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'', with a group of eight [[African Minstrels]] performing as an interlude. The person in charge of arrangements is "Colour Sergeant" [[Sergeant Heaven|Heaven]].
  
by Buckstone, John Baldwin, 1802-1879.
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== Sources ==
  
Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy 1852
 
  
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https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100406655
  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
  
  
  
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
1857: Performed as the opening production in [[Sefton Parry]]'s first wooden theatre in Harrington Street, Cape Town,  on 14 September (along with ''[[Why don't she Marry]]''? and ''[[A Thumping Legacy]]'') Often played in South Africa.
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Revision as of 07:08, 1 May 2017

Kiss in the Dark a farce in one act by J.B. Buckstone (John Baldwin Buckstone, 1802-1879)[] and John Moore (1814-1893).


The original text

Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy 1852

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1857: Performed as the opening production in Sefton Parry's first wooden theatre in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 14 September (along with Why don't she Marry? and A Thumping Legacy) Often played in South Africa.

1861: Performed on 3 August in the Garrison Theatre by the Garrison Players ("the non-commissioned officers and men of the 11th Regiment") in aid of the "Distressed Lancashire Operatives" , as afterpiece to The Miller and his Men, with a group of eight African Minstrels performing as an interlude. The person in charge of arrangements is "Colour Sergeant" Heaven.

Sources

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100406655

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.


Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page