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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
19**: [[Lionel B. Stent]] appeared in a production of this play during the early years of the twentieth century in Pretoria.
 
  
1969: Staged by [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]], directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], featuring [[Anthony James]] (Mr Posket), [[Kerry Jordan]] (Mr Bullamy), [[John Hayter]] (Col. Lukyn), [[Angus Neill]] (Capt. Horace Vale), [[John Rogers]] (Cis Farringdon), [[Don McCorkindale]] (Achille Blond), [[David Goatham]] (Isidore), [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Mr Wormington), [[Michael Drin]] (Insp. Messiter), [[Dale Cutts]] (Sgt. Lugg),
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1886: First produced in South Africa at the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape Town, by [[Madame Pearmain]] and her company, featuring [[W.H. Thorne]] as the "Posket".
  
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1892-3: Performed as part of the repertoire of the [[Emily Bevan Comedy Company]] at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town. 
  
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19**: [[Lionel B. Stent]] appeared in a production of this play during the early years of the twentieth century in Pretoria.
  
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1969: Staged by [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]], directed by [[Roy Sargeant]], featuring [[Anthony James]] (Mr Posket), [[Kerry Jordan]] (Mr Bullamy), [[John Hayter]] (Col. Lukyn), [[Angus Neill]] (Capt. Horace Vale), [[John Rogers]] (Cis Farringdon), [[Don McCorkindale]] (Achille Blond), [[David Goatham]] (Isidore), [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Mr Wormington), [[Michael Drin]] (Insp. Messiter), [[Dale Cutts]] (Sgt. Lugg), [[George Jackson]] (Const. Harris), [[Peter Larlham]] (Wyke), [[Valerie Miller]] (Agatha Posket), [[Erica Rogers]] (Charlotte), [[Lynne White]] (Beatie Tomlinson) and [[Maryann Johnston]] (Popham). Decor by [[Ken Calder]] and costumes by [[Aubrey Couling]].
  
[[Maryann Johnston]],
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== Sources ==
  
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magistrate_%28play%29
  
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''World Drama'' by Allardyce Nicoll, 1949.
  
== Sources ==
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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.)
''Wikipedia'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magistrate_%28play%29].
 
  
''World Drama'' by Allardyce Nicoll, 1949.
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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.383, 395
  
 
[[PACT]] theatre programme, 1969.
 
[[PACT]] theatre programme, 1969.
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[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 06:55, 23 August 2020

The Magistrate [1] is an 1885 farce by English playwright Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934) [2]. A respectable English Magistrate gets caught up in a series of scandalous events that almost cause his disgrace.

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Performance history in South Africa

1886: First produced in South Africa at the Theatre Royal, Burg Street, Cape Town, by Madame Pearmain and her company, featuring W.H. Thorne as the "Posket".

1892-3: Performed as part of the repertoire of the Emily Bevan Comedy Company at the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town.

19**: Lionel B. Stent appeared in a production of this play during the early years of the twentieth century in Pretoria.

1969: Staged by PACT at the Alexander Theatre, directed by Roy Sargeant, featuring Anthony James (Mr Posket), Kerry Jordan (Mr Bullamy), John Hayter (Col. Lukyn), Angus Neill (Capt. Horace Vale), John Rogers (Cis Farringdon), Don McCorkindale (Achille Blond), David Goatham (Isidore), Siegfried Mynhardt (Mr Wormington), Michael Drin (Insp. Messiter), Dale Cutts (Sgt. Lugg), George Jackson (Const. Harris), Peter Larlham (Wyke), Valerie Miller (Agatha Posket), Erica Rogers (Charlotte), Lynne White (Beatie Tomlinson) and Maryann Johnston (Popham). Decor by Ken Calder and costumes by Aubrey Couling.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magistrate_%28play%29

World Drama by Allardyce Nicoll, 1949.

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.383, 395

PACT theatre programme, 1969.

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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