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1866: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] by [[Le Roy and Duret]] on 23 April, as an afterpiece to ''[[The Stranger]]'' () and on 18 September
 
1866: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] by [[Le Roy and Duret]] on 23 April, as an afterpiece to ''[[The Stranger]]'' () and on 18 September
  
1867: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] by [[madame Duret]] on 17 September with ''[[The Isle of St. Tropez]]'' (Williams and Burnand) and ''[[Box and Cox]]'' (Morton). and , and 19 October
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1867: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] by [[Madame Duret]] on 17 September with ''[[The Isle of St. Tropez]]'' (Williams and Burnand) and ''[[Box and Cox]]'' (Morton). and , and 19 October
  
 
1870: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] in July
 
1870: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] in July

Revision as of 06:37, 19 October 2017

The Area Belle is a popular farce in one act by William Brough (1826-1870)[1] and Andrew Halliday (1830-1877)[2].

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

1865: Performed in the Theatre Royal on 23 and 26 October by Ray and Cooper, with the help of local "Gentlemen Amateurs", as an afterpiece to Jessy Vere, or The Return of the Wanderer (Hazlewood).

1866: Performed in the Theatre Royal by Le Roy and Duret on 23 April, as an afterpiece to The Stranger () and on 18 September

1867: Performed in the Theatre Royal by Madame Duret on 17 September with The Isle of St. Tropez (Williams and Burnand) and Box and Cox (Morton). and , and 19 October

1870: Performed in the Theatre Royal in July

1874: Performed in the Theatre Royal on 6 March

1875: Performed in the Theatre Royal on 17 July

1878: Performed in the Theatre Royal on 30 January

Sources

Facsimile version of the Samuel French edition, HathiTrust Digital Library[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brough_(writer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Halliday_(journalist)

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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