Difference between revisions of "Niobe, All Smiles"
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | ''[[Niobe, All Smiles]]'' is a | + | ''[[Niobe, All Smiles]]'' is a farcical comedy in three acts by Harry Paulton and Edward A. Paulton. |
Also listed as '''''[[Niobe (All Smiles)]]''''' or simply '''''[[Niobe]]'''''. | Also listed as '''''[[Niobe (All Smiles)]]''''' or simply '''''[[Niobe]]'''''. | ||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
| − | First performed in Liverpool on 1 September, 1890 and in London at the Strand Theatre on | + | First performed in the Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool on 1 September, 1890 and in London at the Strand Theatre on 16 April, 1892. Published by Samuel French in 1904. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| + | |||
| + | Facsimile version of the 1904 published text, The [[Project Gutenberg]] eBook[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46226/46226-h/46226-h.htm] | ||
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p.516[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ong3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA517&lpg=PA517&dq=Niobe+by+H.+Paulton+and+E.+Paulton&source=bl&ots=UM6HA4q-rm&sig=ACfU3U2Py4dIaZQlJSbIPQsdCrZVPpa6IQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitqLXGj83lAhUSWsAKHRMjD1kQ6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Niobe%20by%20H.%20Paulton%20and%20E.%20Paulton&f=false] | Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p.516[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ong3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA517&lpg=PA517&dq=Niobe+by+H.+Paulton+and+E.+Paulton&source=bl&ots=UM6HA4q-rm&sig=ACfU3U2Py4dIaZQlJSbIPQsdCrZVPpa6IQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwitqLXGj83lAhUSWsAKHRMjD1kQ6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Niobe%20by%20H.%20Paulton%20and%20E.%20Paulton&f=false] | ||
Revision as of 06:09, 3 November 2019
Niobe, All Smiles is a farcical comedy in three acts by Harry Paulton and Edward A. Paulton.
Also listed as Niobe (All Smiles) or simply Niobe.
Contents
The original text
First performed in the Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool on 1 September, 1890 and in London at the Strand Theatre on 16 April, 1892. Published by Samuel French in 1904.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1893: Performed as Niobe in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of a short season.
1893: Performed as Niobe in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the Wheeler Company as well.
1909: Performed as Niobe in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the Leonard Rayne Company, featuring Lionel B. Stent, among others.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1904 published text, The Project Gutenberg eBook[1]
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p.516[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.395, 431
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
