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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1876: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 20 June, with ''[[Little Toddlekins]]'' (Robertson). The evening a benefit for [[Miss Robertson]] and [[Mr Foulis]].
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1876: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 20 June, with ''[[Little Toddlekins]]'' (Mathews). The evening a benefit for [[Miss Robertson]] and [[Mr Foulis]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:50, 28 December 2020

Ours is a comedy in three acts by T.W. Robertson (1829–1871)[1]

The original text

First performed at the Prince of Wales' Theatre, London on 12 September 1866 and at Wallack's Theatre, New York, on 19 Decmeber 1866. Published inter alia by Samuel French in 1866 as Issue 384 of French's standard drama, the Dramatic Publishing Company , Chicago (in 1867?) and by R.M. De Witt, New York, in 1899.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1876: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 20 June, with Little Toddlekins (Mathews). The evening a benefit for Miss Robertson and Mr Foulis.

Sources

Facsimile version of the text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

Online Books by T. W. Robertson, The Online Books Page[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Robertson

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.340, 344, 363-4, 378

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