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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
First performed at the Royal Court Theatre London on 27 March, 1886, playing for 290 performances till January 22, 1887.
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First performed at the Royal Court Theatre London on 27 March, 1886, playing for 290 performances till January 22, 1887. It also became very popular in America and the colonies.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:18, 27 April 2019

The Schoolmistress is a farce in three acts by Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934) [1].


The original text

First performed at the Royal Court Theatre London on 27 March, 1886, playing for 290 performances till January 22, 1887. It also became very popular in America and the colonies.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1887: The play was performed in South Africa for the first time as part of the repertoire of the Wheeler Theatre Company when they played in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town during April and May. Probably directed by Sutton Vane.

Sources

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Schoolmistress, by Arthur W. Pinero [2]

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 1923. (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. 384


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