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==The original text==
 
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Published by Samuel French Limited, London in 18
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:00, 15 December 2018

Checkmate is a farcical comedy in two act by Andrew Halliday (1830-1877)[]

The original text

Published by Samuel French Limited, London in 18

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 (Buckstone).

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 2 November in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, by the Disney Roebuck company, under the temporary management of C. Wiltstone. Also played was The Cross of Gold ().

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.342, 343, 346.


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