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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.) | [[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.) | ||
Revision as of 06:59, 2 November 2019
This is the title of a play performed in Cape Town in
Though Bosman (1980) suggests this may be a dramatised version of Memoires of a Mother-in-Law, a satirical work by George R. Sims, it may also be a reference to How to tame your mother-in-law]], the one-act farce Henry James Byron (1835-1884)[].
a satirical comedy by George R. Sims (1847-1922)[]
Contents
The original text
Published in London by George Newnes, 1892
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1894: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of their second season.
Sources
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.394-5
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