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''[[Dark Days]]'' is a drama by Hugh Conway (pen name of Frederick John Fargus; 1847-1885)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Conway] and J.Comyns Carr (1849-1916)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Comyns_Carr]
 
''[[Dark Days]]'' is a drama by Hugh Conway (pen name of Frederick John Fargus; 1847-1885)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Conway] and J.Comyns Carr (1849-1916)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Comyns_Carr]
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==The original text==
  
 
Based on Hugh Conway's novel of the same name, (first published in ''Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual of 1884''), dramatized by  Conway and Carr.  
 
Based on Hugh Conway's novel of the same name, (first published in ''Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual of 1884''), dramatized by  Conway and Carr.  
  
 
The dramatized version was performed at the  Haymarket Theatre, London, on 26 September 1885. The text does not seem to have been published.  
 
The dramatized version was performed at the  Haymarket Theatre, London, on 26 September 1885. The text does not seem to have been published.  
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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== Sources ==
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[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.
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[[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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Facsimile version of the 1884 edition of the novel, The [[Internet Archive]] [https://archive.org/details/darkdaysbyhughc00farggoog/page/n20]
 
Facsimile version of the 1884 edition of the novel, The [[Internet Archive]] [https://archive.org/details/darkdaysbyhughc00farggoog/page/n20]
  
 
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA613&lpg=PA613&dq=Le+Bal+Masqu%C3%A9+Arthur+H.+Ward&source=bl&ots=j085voK1qt&sig=LGxx1zWIPYzXgxyp-fvQSpGG8vM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFsaPmkITaAhXJ7xQKHVePC1kQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Le%20Bal%20Masqu%C3%A9%20Arthur%20H.%20Ward&f=false]
 
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA613&lpg=PA613&dq=Le+Bal+Masqu%C3%A9+Arthur+H.+Ward&source=bl&ots=j085voK1qt&sig=LGxx1zWIPYzXgxyp-fvQSpGG8vM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFsaPmkITaAhXJ7xQKHVePC1kQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Le%20Bal%20Masqu%C3%A9%20Arthur%20H.%20Ward&f=false]

Revision as of 05:42, 12 June 2019

Dark Days is a drama by Hugh Conway (pen name of Frederick John Fargus; 1847-1885)[1] and J.Comyns Carr (1849-1916)[2]

The original text

Based on Hugh Conway's novel of the same name, (first published in Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual of 1884), dramatized by Conway and Carr.

The dramatized version was performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 26 September 1885. The text does not seem to have been published.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.


Facsimile version of the 1884 edition of the novel, The Internet Archive [4]

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press[5]