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An alternative title used in South Africa for  ''[[Grace Huntley]]'', a domestic drama in three acts by Henry Holl (1811-1884).  
 
An alternative title used in South Africa for  ''[[Grace Huntley]]'', a domestic drama in three acts by Henry Holl (1811-1884).  
  
== The original text ==
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'''See ''[[Grace Huntley]]'''''
  
Apparently based on a story called ''The Trials of Grace Huntley''  by Mrs C.S. Hall in ''The Amulet: A Christian and Literary Remembrancer''. (1833: pp. 79-80.  Reprint. London: Forgotten Books, 2013.)[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Amulet_1000458938/95].
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First performed as a "domestic burletta in three acts" at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 14 October, 1833. Published by G.H. Davidson, London 1833(?)
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1855: Performed in Cape Town's [[Garrison Theatre]]  by the [[Garrison Players]] (officers of the 73rd Regiment) on 28 September 1855 as part of a presentation "for the Patriotic Fund" , under the title ''[[Grace Huntley, or The Follies of Youth]]'' with the farce ''[[Comfortable Lodgings]], or Paris in 1750]]'' (Peake). 
 
 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2212268
 
http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers?date=1833-12-01&date_offsetdate=1833-12-31&lastname=bennett&page=6
 
 
 
http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/19th-october-1833/14/the-theatres
 
14 Oct 1833 playbill, British Library in The Adelphi Theatre Calendar for 1833-1834[http://www.umass.edu/AdelphiTheatreCalendar/m33d.htm#Label004]
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 412.
 
 
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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Revision as of 08:26, 20 May 2015

An alternative title used in South Africa for Grace Huntley, a domestic drama in three acts by Henry Holl (1811-1884).

See Grace Huntley

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page