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''[[Checkmate]]'' is a play by Andrew Halliday ()[]
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''[[Checkmate]]'' is a comedy in two act by Andrew Halliday ()[]
  
 
==The original text==
 
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1876: Performed on 23 August in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by  the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, under the temporary management of [[C. Wiltstone]]. It was played as an afterpiece that followed ''[[The Dream at Sea]]'' ().
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1876: Performed on 19 and 22 August in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by  the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, under the temporary management of [[C. Wiltstone]]. Also played  was ''[[The Dream at Sea]]'' ().
  
  
1876: Performed on 23 August in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by  the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, under the temporary management of [[C. Wiltstone]]. It was played as an afterpiece that followed ''[[The Bottle, or The Drunkard's Doom]]''  (Taylor).
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1876: Performed on 23 August in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by  the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, under the temporary management of [[C. Wiltstone]]. Also played  was  ''[[The Bottle, or The Drunkard's Doom]]''  (Taylor).
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1876: Performed on 23 August in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by  the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, under the temporary management of [[C. Wiltstone]]. Also played  was  ''[[The Crross of Gold]]''  ().
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 05:51, 15 December 2018

Checkmate is a comedy in two act by Andrew Halliday ()[]

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1876: Performed on 19 and 22 August in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, by the Disney Roebuck company, under the temporary management of C. Wiltstone. Also played was The Dream at Sea ().


1876: Performed on 23 August in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, by the Disney Roebuck company, under the temporary management of C. Wiltstone. Also played was The Bottle, or The Drunkard's Doom (Taylor).

1876: Performed on 23 August in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, by the Disney Roebuck company, under the temporary management of C. Wiltstone. Also played was The Crross of Gold ().

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.282, 342, 346, 349


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