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''[[Quinneys]]'' is a stage comedy by Horace Annesley Vachell ()[]
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==The original text==
 
 
 
 
 
A play about Joseph Quinney, an endearing but stubborn head of a family firm of antiques dealers whose firm views cause problems for his relatives and friends.
 
 
 
It was first staged in Britain in 1914, and opened in New York in 1915.
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
Because of the play's success, Vachell also wrote a series of novels in which he followed the further  adventures of the family.
 
 
 
The play was twice filmed in the silent era, both times as  ''[[Quinneys]]'' (in 1919, directed by Herbert Brenon and in 1927, directed by Maurice Elvey).
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1916: Performed at the Standard Theatre in Johannesburg by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company as part of their repertoire, and produced by [[Frank Kimpton]]. The cast included
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinneys_(play)
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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