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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
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1889: Performed as part of the repertoire of the [[Luscombe Searelle]] company in the [[Exhibition Hall]], Cape Town and other parts of the country, with [[Lionel Brough]] in the leading role.
1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 05:52, 24 March 2021

Retiring is a comedy play in three acts by H.W. Williamson (Henry William Williamson, )[].


The original text

Published by Samuel French in 1880

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1889: Performed as part of the repertoire of the Luscombe Searelle company in the Exhibition Hall, Cape Town and other parts of the country, with Lionel Brough in the leading role.

Sources

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Retiring.html?id=cr8yzgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

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: p.388

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