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=''[[Liberty Hall]]'' by Charles Dibden (1785)= | =''[[Liberty Hall]]'' by Charles Dibden (1785)= | ||
| − | This is a shortened title sometimes used for ''[[Liberty-Hall, or A Test of Good Fellowship]]'', a comic opera in two acts by Charles Dibdin (first performed 1785). | + | This is a shortened title sometimes used for ''[[Liberty-Hall, or A Test of Good Fellowship]]'', a comic opera in two acts by Charles Dibdin (first performed 1785). Also found as '''''[[Liberty-Hall]]'''''. |
'''For more on this play, see the entry on ''[[Liberty-Hall, or A Test of Good Fellowship]]''''' | '''For more on this play, see the entry on ''[[Liberty-Hall, or A Test of Good Fellowship]]''''' | ||
Revision as of 07:13, 14 July 2020
The title Liberty Hall can refer to two plays performed in South Africa:
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Liberty Hall by Charles Dibden (1785)
This is a shortened title sometimes used for Liberty-Hall, or A Test of Good Fellowship, a comic opera in two acts by Charles Dibdin (first performed 1785). Also found as Liberty-Hall.
For more on this play, see the entry on Liberty-Hall, or A Test of Good Fellowship
Liberty Hall by R. C. Carton (1905)
Liberty Hall is a comedy drama in four acts by Richard Claude Carton (1856-1928)[]
The original text
The play premiered in London in 1892.
Published in New York by Samuel French in 1900
Translations and adaptations
In 1914 the play filmed by Harold M. Shaw as Liberty Hall.
Performance history in South Africa
1916: Performed Liberty Hall at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg, featuring Florence Creagh
Sources
Facsimile version of Carton's text (1900), The Internet Archive[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Hall_(play)
Rand Daily Mail (various issues)
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: p.401
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