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''[[The Money Makers]]'' is a "sporting farce" by George Rollit ()[]. | ''[[The Money Makers]]'' is a "sporting farce" by George Rollit ()[]. | ||
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| + | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | The plot deals with two young women who try to make money by tipping horses. The furious punters blame the deacon when they tip a horse which has been scratched. | ||
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| + | First produced at the Royalty Theatre, London, on 13 May 1904. and on Broadway at the Liberty Theatre on 16 January, 1905. | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1905: Performed in South Africa by [[Leonard Rayne]] and his company as part of a season of plays, ''inter alia'' playing in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. (Second, revised edition, p. 423). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA184&lpg=PA184&dq=The+Money+Makers+by+George+Rollit&source=bl&ots=1QJDMU0GbP&sig=ACfU3U29saX-bMuZS83QiuhfnNRVMpluuQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi0nqf494rsAhVTfMAKHQ9QDNEQ6AEwEHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Money%20Makers%20by%20George%20Rollit&f=false] | ||
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| + | https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/George-Rollitt/ | ||
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| + | https://www.playbill.com/person/george-rollitt-vault-0000006312 | ||
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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]]: p.422 | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[Main Page]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:49, 28 September 2020
The Money Makers is a "sporting farce" by George Rollit ()[].
Also found as The Moneymakers
Contents
The original text
The plot deals with two young women who try to make money by tipping horses. The furious punters blame the deacon when they tip a horse which has been scratched.
First produced at the Royalty Theatre, London, on 13 May 1904. and on Broadway at the Liberty Theatre on 16 January, 1905.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1905: Performed in South Africa by Leonard Rayne and his company as part of a season of plays, inter alia playing in the Opera House, Cape Town.
Sources
J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition, p. 423). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[1]
https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/George-Rollitt/
https://www.playbill.com/person/george-rollitt-vault-0000006312
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: p.422
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
