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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] | ||
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Revision as of 06:56, 10 November 2020
Nursey Chickweed is a farce in one act by Thomas J. Williams (Thomas John Williams, 1824-1874)[1]
(For some reason wrongly listed as Nursery Chickweed in some cases, e.g. by Google[] and The Australian Live Performance Database)
Contents
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 Nursey 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 of "Nursey". 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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