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"Grundy, Sidney" in Jean Chothia. 2016. ''English Drama of the Early Modern Period 1890-1940''. Routledge: p. 305[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ZYSTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305&dq=Mammon+is+a+play+in+acts+by+Sydney+Grundy&source=bl&ots=oOwg8j-XJf&sig=ACfU3U2j59IVrBXM7DGnLU04n45eVqJI9w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiI0o7uyt_pAhWtXRUIHTj4CeMQ6AEwA3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Mammon%20is%20a%20play%20in%20acts%20by%20Sydney%20Grundy&f=false]
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Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900'' (Volume 5, Late Nineteenth Century) Cambridge University Press:p.396  [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA396&lpg=PA396&dq=Mammon+a+play+by+Grundy&source=bl&ots=j0f4wiN9ox&sig=ACfU3U0NMzmTpAhxRdd8J6Z43QY6-XQ2GA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiL1_f3yN3pAhXTShUIHVCdDmgQ6AEwDXoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Mammon%20a%20play%20by%20Grundy&f=false]
 
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900'' (Volume 5, Late Nineteenth Century) Cambridge University Press:p.396  [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA396&lpg=PA396&dq=Mammon+a+play+by+Grundy&source=bl&ots=j0f4wiN9ox&sig=ACfU3U0NMzmTpAhxRdd8J6Z43QY6-XQ2GA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiL1_f3yN3pAhXTShUIHVCdDmgQ6AEwDXoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Mammon%20a%20play%20by%20Grundy&f=false]

Revision as of 04:46, 1 June 2020

Mammon is a play by Sydney Grundy (1848-1914)[1]

Not to be confused with Mammon and Gammon by Talfourd, or Mammon, Robot Born of Woman, a "comedic play" by Robert Llewellyn.

The original text

Octave Feuillet, Montjoye,


The play was originally adapted for W.H. Vernon by Sidney Grundy and first performed at the Strand Theatre, London, on 7 April, 1877. It became a standard item in Vernon's repertoire. It was later also rewritten for Beerbohm-Tree as A Bunch of Violets (1894).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1891-2: Performed by the Geneviève Ward Company during a nine months' tour of South Africa, under the auspices of Luscombe Searelle, featuring Geneviève Ward and W.H. Vernon in the leading roles.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Grundy

"Grundy, Sidney" in Jean Chothia. 1996. English Drama of the Early Modern Period 1890-1940. Routledge: p. 305[2]

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900 (Volume 5, Late Nineteenth Century) Cambridge University Press:p.396 [3]

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.203-205

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