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''[[The Bells of Haslemere]]'' is a romantic drama in four acts by Henry Pettit and Sydney Grundy (1848–1914)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Grundy].  
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''[[The Bells of Haslemere]]'' is a romantic drama in four acts by Henry Pettitt (1848–1893)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Pettitt] and Sydney Grundy (1848–1914)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Grundy].  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==

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The Bells of Haslemere is a romantic drama in four acts by Henry Pettitt (1848–1893)[1] and Sydney Grundy (1848–1914)[2].

The original text

Opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London on 28 July, 1887, with William Terriss as Frank Beresford, the Squire of Haslemere, and subsequently opened at the Windsor Theatre in New York on 23 December, 1889.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1890: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, on 8 March by the Chambers Company, under the management of Emma Chambers. The cast consisted of Will R. Bernard, Albert Marsh, Joseph Ashman, Edward Vincent, Harold Selwyn, George Herbert, Affey Bevan, Emilie Bevan, Emma Chambers, Roy Aird.

Sources

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-bells-of-haslemere-512200

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

The Adelpji Theatre Calendar: A Record of Dramatic Performances at a Leading Victorian Theatre[3]

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 1923. (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. 390

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