The Private Secretary
The Private Secretary is a farce in three acts, by Sir Charles Henry Hawtrey.
The original text
The play was adapted from the German Der Bibliothekar, a book by Gustav von Moser and first performed in 1883 .
Performance history in Southe Africa
1892: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.
1929: Presented by the Kokstad Amateur Dramatic Society, produced by S.J. Halford, with A.L. Moon, Douglas Halford, Eric Haird, Tom Christie, Mrs T. Scott Warren, Maud Sandwich, Gertrude Wallace. Scenery imported from Messrs Samuel French from London, adapted for local requirements by Joe Cuthbert.
1958: A production at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, was directed by Gordon Roberts.
Sources
Wikipedia [1].
Footlights 1(5):12, 1929.
Inskip, Donald P., 1972.
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