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''[[The Area Belle]]'' is a popular farce in one act, written by Robert Brough and A. Halliday.  
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''[[The Area Belle]]'' is a popular farce in one act by William Brough (1826-1870)[] and Andrew Halliday (1830-1877)[].
  
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==The original text==
  
==The original text==
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First performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi on 7 March 1864 and published by T.H. Lacy in London, and Samuel French (in London and New York).
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of the Samuel French edition, HathiTrust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044086926151;view=1up;seq=5]
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.191, 203, 210, 227, 257, 260, 280, 312, 325, 365
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.191, 203, 210, 227, 257, 260, 280, 312, 325, 365

Revision as of 06:04, 19 October 2017

The Area Belle is a popular farce in one act by William Brough (1826-1870)[] and Andrew Halliday (1830-1877)[].

The original text

First performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi on 7 March 1864 and published by T.H. Lacy in London, and Samuel French (in London and New York).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Several performances in the Theatre Royal: 23 October 1865, 23 April 1866, 18 Sept 1866, 17 sept 1867, 19 okt 1867, July 1870, 6 March 1874, 17 July 1875, 30 Jan 1878.



Sources

Facsimile version of the Samuel French edition, HathiTrust Digital Library[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.191, 203, 210, 227, 257, 260, 280, 312, 325, 365


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