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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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | [[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.201, 212-218, 226-228, 293. |
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Revision as of 06:24, 26 February 2020
Governor van Noot, or Things as They Were is a historical play by C. Utting.
Also known as Governor van Noot or Things as They Were.
Contents
The original text
Written in 1866, it is an historical drama. .
Translations and adaptations
This led to a skit by B. Mollan called Governor van Brute (also known as Things as They Might Have Been or Governor van Brute, or Things as They Might Have Been.).***
Performance history in South Africa
1866: First performed as Governor van Noot, or Things as They Were by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Theatre Royal, Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 5 and 10 September, with a "Highland Fling and Broad Sword Dance" by Herr Luin and a production of Behind Time (Webster)
1866: Performed again by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Theatre Royal, Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 12 September, with a new dance performance and a production of The Little Sentinel (Williams)
Sources
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 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.201, 212-218, 226-228, 293.
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