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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1859: A selection from a melodrama entitled ''[[Friendship]]'' was performed in the [[Cape Town Theatre]] on 2 June by the "classical Shakespearean Reader and Impersonator" [[E.C. de Jocelyn Harvey]], as part of "''[[An evening of Tragedy, Melodrama and Light Comedy]]''". Harvey himself played a young consumptive who has a last moment of joy when his friend returns in time for him to die in his arms. Other pieces done were the closet scene from ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[Town & Country, or Which is Best?]]'' (Morton) and an ''[[Macbeth Travestie|Extravaganza Macbeth]]'' (Talfourd). Supporting performers for the evening's entertainment included [[Mr Devere]], [[Miss Delmaine]], [[Mr Connorton]], [[Mr Keens]] and [[Mr Stenner]] (the latter three with permission of Colonel Graham of the local regiment).
  
 
=''[[Friendship ]]'', a play in three acts by George M. Cohan=
 
=''[[Friendship ]]'', a play in three acts by George M. Cohan=
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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First performed at the Fulton Theatre, New York, on 31 August, 1931, running into September 1931.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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(Published 1959), Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=njUhAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA42&lpg=RA1-PA42&dq=Friendship+a+play+in+three+acts+by&source=bl&ots=dfV7sz154N&sig=ACfU3U37Jr2aGTNrNcDb-mpUuMoNvCvV1w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVsZ-erPvmAhURuHEKHWddABkQ6AEwCXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Friendship%20a%20play%20in%20three%20acts%20by&f=false]
 
(Published 1959), Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=njUhAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA42&lpg=RA1-PA42&dq=Friendship+a+play+in+three+acts+by&source=bl&ots=dfV7sz154N&sig=ACfU3U37Jr2aGTNrNcDb-mpUuMoNvCvV1w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVsZ-erPvmAhURuHEKHWddABkQ6AEwCXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Friendship%20a%20play%20in%20three%20acts%20by&f=false]
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
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https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/friendship-11401
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.129
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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Latest revision as of 05:19, 5 March 2020

Friendship is a the name of two plays,

Friendship, a melodrama by an anonymous author

The original text

No information is available as yet.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1859: A selection from a melodrama entitled Friendship was performed in the Cape Town Theatre on 2 June by the "classical Shakespearean Reader and Impersonator" E.C. de Jocelyn Harvey, as part of "An evening of Tragedy, Melodrama and Light Comedy". Harvey himself played a young consumptive who has a last moment of joy when his friend returns in time for him to die in his arms. Other pieces done were the closet scene from Hamlet (Shakespeare), Town & Country, or Which is Best? (Morton) and an Extravaganza Macbeth (Talfourd). Supporting performers for the evening's entertainment included Mr Devere, Miss Delmaine, Mr Connorton, Mr Keens and Mr Stenner (the latter three with permission of Colonel Graham of the local regiment).

Friendship , a play in three acts by George M. Cohan

The original text

First performed at the Fulton Theatre, New York, on 31 August, 1931, running into September 1931.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Facsimile version of Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series (Published 1959), Google E-book[1]

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/friendship-11401

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.129

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