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''[[The Mother-in-Law]]'' is the title given by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) for a play performed in Cape Town in 1894.  
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''[[The Mother-in-Law]]'' is the title given by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) for an anonymous play performed in Cape Town in 1894.  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Though Bosman (1980) suggests this may be (a dramatised version of) a satirical work by George R. Sims (1847-1922)[], called ''[[Memoirs of a Mother in Law]]'' (London, George Newnes, 1892), it may also be a reference to ''[[How to Tame Your Mother-in-law]]'', a one-act farce Henry James Byron (1835-1884)[] (originally produced at the Strand Theatre, London, May 30th, 1864).
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Though Bosman (1980) suggests this may be (a dramatised version of) a satirical work by George R. Sims (1847-1922)[], called ''[[Memoirs of a Mother-in-Law]]'' (London, George Newnes, 1892), it may also be a reference to ''[[How to Tame Your Mother-in-Law]]'', a one-act farce Henry James Byron (1835-1884)[] (originally produced at the Strand Theatre, London, May 30th, 1864).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Published in London by George Newnes, 1892
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== 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.
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1894: ''[[The Mother-in-Law]]'' performed in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of their second season.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 07:08, 2 November 2019

The Mother-in-Law is the title given by D.C. Boonzaier (1923) for an anonymous play performed in Cape Town in 1894.

The original text

Though Bosman (1980) suggests this may be (a dramatised version of) a satirical work by George R. Sims (1847-1922)[], called Memoirs of a Mother-in-Law (London, George Newnes, 1892), it may also be a reference to How to Tame Your Mother-in-Law, a one-act farce Henry James Byron (1835-1884)[] (originally produced at the Strand Theatre, London, May 30th, 1864).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1894: The Mother-in-Law performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of their second season.

Sources

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Sims%2C%20George%20R%2E%2C%201847%2D1922

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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