Beauty and the Barge

Beauty and the Barge is a farce in three acts by W.W. Jacobs (1863-1943)[] and Louis N. Parker (Louis Napoleon Parker, 1852-1944)[].

The original text

First performed in the New Theatre London on Tuesday 30th August, 1904.

Published by Samuel French in 1910.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1906: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by a visiting British comedy company, under the auspices of the Wheeler Theatre Company. The lead was taken by Herbert Greville.

Sources

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100615242

Facsimile version of the 1910 Samuel French edition, Hathi Trust Digital Archive[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 1923. (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.

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