Lady Frederick

From ESAT
Revision as of 17:04, 8 October 2018 by Miriamt (talk | contribs) (→‎Sources)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Lady Frederick is a play by British playwright and novelist Somerset Maugham [1] (1874-1965).


The original text

Written and performed in 1907, with Ethel Irving as Lady Fredericl Berolles. Published by Heinemann, 1912.

Performance history in South Africa

1909: Performed in Johannesburg by a British touring company featuring inter alia Katherine Pole and Harcourt Collett as part of a thirteen week season of plays.

1916: Performed in Johannesburg at the Palladium Theatre in February 1916, with a cast headed by Ethel Irving and including Frank Cellier, Frank Esmond, William Mollison, Gilbert Porteous, Beatrice Rankin and Mabel Rushton.

1947: Presented by the Munro-Inglis Company (their last production in the Standard Theatre), starring Siegfried Mynhardt.

Sources

Rand Daily Mail, 15 February 1916

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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