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''[[The Rocket]]'' is a comedy in three acts by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wing_Pinero]
 
''[[The Rocket]]'' is a comedy in three acts by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wing_Pinero]
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==The original text==
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First performed at the Prince of Wales, Liverpool on 30 July 1883 and at the  Gaiety Theatre, London, on 10 December 1883
  
 
London, New York, S. French, ltd., c1905.
 
London, New York, S. French, ltd., c1905.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1903: Performed by the [[Edward Terry]] and his company on his tour of South Africa, appearing in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, in January.
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== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wing_Pinero
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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]]: pp.203-205
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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]]
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Revision as of 05:47, 10 April 2021

The Rocket is a comedy in three acts by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934)[1]

The original text

First performed at the Prince of Wales, Liverpool on 30 July 1883 and at the Gaiety Theatre, London, on 10 December 1883

London, New York, S. French, ltd., c1905.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1903: Performed by the Edward Terry and his company on his tour of South Africa, appearing in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, in January.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wing_Pinero

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.203-205

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