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''[[Nursey Chickweed]]'' is a farce in one act by Thomas J. Williams (Thomas John Williams, 1824-1874)[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Williams%2C%20Thomas%20J.%20(Thomas%20John)%2C%201824-1874]
 
''[[Nursey Chickweed]]'' is a farce in one act by Thomas J. Williams (Thomas John Williams, 1824-1874)[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Williams%2C%20Thomas%20J.%20(Thomas%20John)%2C%201824-1874]
  
(For some reason listed as ''[[Nursery Chickweed]]''  by Google )
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== Sources ==
 
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The Glenn Hughes (1894-1964) collection, "19th century acting editions collection, 1762-1946", the Archives West website[http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv656279]
  
 
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Nursery_Chickweed.html?id=1zGlAQAACAAJ&hl=en&redir_esc=y
 
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Nursery_Chickweed.html?id=1zGlAQAACAAJ&hl=en&redir_esc=y

Revision as of 06:54, 10 November 2020

Nursey Chickweed is a farce in one act by Thomas J. Williams (Thomas John Williams, 1824-1874)[1]

(For some reason listed as Nursery Chickweed by Google )

The original text

Published by Samuel French as French's Acting Edition, No. 637 (circa 1876-1878), and by W.H. Baker & Company

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1860: Performed as Nursery Chickweed by Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 28 May, with Parry himself in the leading role. Also performed were Don Caesar de Bazan, or The Dancing Girl from Madrid (Webster and Boucicault) and a Spanish dance ("La Yolta Arragonaise") by Miss Powell.

Sources

The Glenn Hughes (1894-1964) collection, "19th century acting editions collection, 1762-1946", the Archives West website[2]

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Nursery_Chickweed.html?id=1zGlAQAACAAJ&hl=en&redir_esc=y

Online Books by Thomas J. Williams, The Online Books Page[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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