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'''There are two plays by this name'''
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<big>'''There are two plays by this name'''</big>
  
 
=''[[The Idler]]'' by Charles Haddon Chambers (1891)=
 
=''[[The Idler]]'' by Charles Haddon Chambers (1891)=
  
A play in four acts by Charles Haddon Chambers (1860-1921)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haddon_Chambers].
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==The original text==
  
First performed at St James's Theatre, London, on 26 February, 1891.   
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A play in four acts by Charles Haddon Chambers (1860-1921)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haddon_Chambers], it was first performed at St James's Theatre, London, on 26 February, 1891.  Published by [[Samuel French]], 1902.
  
Published by [[Samuel French]], 1902.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1891: Performed by a newly formed scratch company as their opening night at the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, on 2 November. The cast consisted of [[Mark Cross]], [[J.A. Rosier]], [[John Harding]], [[T. Paxton]], [[Simeon Strong]], [[Albert Lucas]], [[Mr Merryweather]], [[Brittain Booth]], [[Lady Harding]], [[Lilla Wilde]] [[Kate Merryweather]], [[Minnie Grey]], [[Glyn Stanmore]], [[Emily Seaton]] and [[Mrs J. Anwyl Rosier]]. 
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1900: Performed by the [[Herbert Flemming Company]] as part of an extended season in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town.
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== Sources ==
  
 
Facsimlie version of the 1902 edition by [[Samuel French]], [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/idleraplayinfou00chamgoog/page/n6]
 
Facsimlie version of the 1902 edition by [[Samuel French]], [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/idleraplayinfou00chamgoog/page/n6]
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haddon_Chambers
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Haddon_Chambers
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[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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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. 391, 408
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
 
=''[[The Idler]]'' by  Luigi Pirandello (1916)=  
 
=''[[The Idler]]'' by  Luigi Pirandello (1916)=  
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This is the title given to an English version of '''''[[Liolà]]''''' by Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Pirandello]. Described as a Sicilian comedy, this was Pirandello's first play and opened in 1916.  
 
This is the title given to an English version of '''''[[Liolà]]''''' by Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Pirandello]. Described as a Sicilian comedy, this was Pirandello's first play and opened in 1916.  
  
For more on this play, see the [[ESAT]] entry on '''''[[Liolà]]'''''
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'''For more on this play, see the [[ESAT]] entry on ''[[Liolà]]'''''
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Latest revision as of 04:46, 18 April 2020

There are two plays by this name

The Idler by Charles Haddon Chambers (1891)

The original text

A play in four acts by Charles Haddon Chambers (1860-1921)[1], it was first performed at St James's Theatre, London, on 26 February, 1891. Published by Samuel French, 1902.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1891: Performed by a newly formed scratch company as their opening night at the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, on 2 November. The cast consisted of Mark Cross, J.A. Rosier, John Harding, T. Paxton, Simeon Strong, Albert Lucas, Mr Merryweather, Brittain Booth, Lady Harding, Lilla Wilde Kate Merryweather, Minnie Grey, Glyn Stanmore, Emily Seaton and Mrs J. Anwyl Rosier.

1900: Performed by the Herbert Flemming Company as part of an extended season in the Opera House, Cape Town.

Sources

Facsimlie version of the 1902 edition by Samuel French, The Internet Archive[2]

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

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: pp. 391, 408

Go to ESAT Bibliography

The Idler by Luigi Pirandello (1916)

This is the title given to an English version of Liolà by Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936)[3]. Described as a Sicilian comedy, this was Pirandello's first play and opened in 1916.

For more on this play, see the ESAT entry on Liolà

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Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

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