Nance Oldfield

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Nance Oldfield is a one-act play by Charles Reade

The original text

a play in one act, arranged from Charles Reade's story, "Art: a dramatic tale", by M. A.

Aldrich, Mildred, 1853-1928. Related Names: Reade, Charles 1814-1884.

Boston, W. H. Baker & co., 1894.

Facsimile version of the 1894 edition of the text by Baker, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]

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

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900 (Volume 5, Late Nineteenth Century) Cambridge University Press:p.396 [2]

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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