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''[[The Drawing-Room Floor]]'' is a
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''[[The Drawing-Room Floor]]'' is a play by an unnamed author.
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==The original text==
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There is no information on a play by this name, beyond a reference in Bosman (1980, p. 371), but it may possibly be a wrongly cited version of '''''[[Drawing Room, Second Floor and Attics]]''''', a farce in one act by J.M. Morton first performed at the Royal Princess’s Theatre, London, on the 28th of March, 1864 and published by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in the same year.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1878: Performed as ''[[The Drawing-Room Floor]]'' by the [[Egerton and Case Company]] in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, on 8 August.
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== Sources ==
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Michael R. Booth. 1980. ''Prefaces to English Nineteenth-century Theatre''. Manchester University Press: pp. 139-140[].
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.371.
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Latest revision as of 05:52, 19 October 2019

The Drawing-Room Floor is a play by an unnamed author.


The original text

There is no information on a play by this name, beyond a reference in Bosman (1980, p. 371), but it may possibly be a wrongly cited version of Drawing Room, Second Floor and Attics, a farce in one act by J.M. Morton first performed at the Royal Princess’s Theatre, London, on the 28th of March, 1864 and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1878: Performed as The Drawing-Room Floor by the Egerton and Case Company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 8 August.

Sources

Michael R. Booth. 1980. Prefaces to English Nineteenth-century Theatre. Manchester University Press: pp. 139-140[].

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.371.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page