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''[[Dr Wake's Patient]]'' is a comedy in four acts by William Gayer Mackay and Robert Ord  
 
''[[Dr Wake's Patient]]'' is a comedy in four acts by William Gayer Mackay and Robert Ord  
  
Some versions give the names as "Gayer Mackay, Robert Ord William" and [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980:p. 432) has "W.J. Mackay and 'R. Ord' ".
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Some versions give the names of the authors as "Gayer Mackay, Robert Ord William" and [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980:p. 432) has "W.J. Mackay and 'R. Ord' ".
  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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First produced by Otho Stuart at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 5 September, 1906. 
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Published in  1909 by [[Samuel French]], ltd.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of the 1909 [[Samuel French]] edition, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/drwakespatienta00ordgoog/page/n4]
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[https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AGayer+Mackay&s=relevancerank&text=Gayer+Mackay%2C+Robert+Ord+William&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1]
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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.432-2
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.432-2

Revision as of 06:34, 30 August 2019

Dr Wake's Patient is a comedy in four acts by William Gayer Mackay and Robert Ord

Some versions give the names of the authors as "Gayer Mackay, Robert Ord William" and F.C.L. Bosman (1980:p. 432) has "W.J. Mackay and 'R. Ord' ".


The original text

First produced by Otho Stuart at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 5 September, 1906.

Published in 1909 by Samuel French, ltd.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1910: Performed by the new De Jong-Black Company in the Tivoli Theatre, Cape Town, as part of a season that had commenced on 12 January.

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1909 Samuel French edition, The Internet Archive[1]

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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.432-2

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