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''[[Our Rehearsal]]'' is a [[transformation]] piece credited to [[Mr St George]] (fl. 1860s).
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''[[Our Rehearsal]]'' is a [[transformation act]] piece credited to [[Mr St George]] (fl. 1860s).
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==

Revision as of 06:50, 27 December 2020

Our Rehearsal is a transformation act piece credited to Mr St George (fl. 1860s).

The original text

A piece described by F.C.L. Bosman (1980, p242) as a "kostelike transformasiestukkie, met manlike en vroulike rolle (i.e. "an amusing little transformation piece with male and female parts") and credited to "St George".


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1868: Performed by St George as part of three "Drawing-Room Entertainments" put on in the Commercial Exchange, Cape Town, opening on 21 January, along with an art exhibition (on the theme "Pen and Pencil Sketches, The Sea, City Village and Veld") with accompanying talk on the art, and amusing songs by St George. Repeated on 22 January.

1868: Repeated again at the beginning of February, this time in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.242

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