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''[[The Sergeant's Wife]]'' is a drama in two acts by John Banim (1798-1842)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banim].
 
''[[The Sergeant's Wife]]'' is a drama in two acts by John Banim (1798-1842)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banim].
  
First performed in the English Opera House, London, on 24 July, 1827, and published in London by [[T.H. Lacy]], [183-?] as of Lacy's Acting Edition No 335, the text said to have been "taken from the author's tales of the 'O'Hara Family' ".
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==The original text==
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First performed in the English Opera House, London, on 24 July, 1827, and published in London by [[T.H. Lacy]], [183-?] as of Lacy's Acting Edition No 335, the text said to have been "taken from the author's ''Tales of the O'Hara Family''".
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1868: Performed by the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town, on 21 March, with ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]'' (Allingham).  Music by the Regimental Band.
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1869: Performed by the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 24 January, with ''[[A Day after the Fair]]'' (Somerset). Music by the Regimental Band and a song sung by [[R. Norcliffe]].
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== Sources ==
  
 
Facsimile version of the original Lacy text, [[HathiTrust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044086857554;view=1up;seq=7]
 
Facsimile version of the original Lacy text, [[HathiTrust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044086857554;view=1up;seq=7]
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banim
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banim
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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. 262, 264
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 07:18, 23 January 2019

The Sergeant's Wife is a drama in two acts by John Banim (1798-1842)[1].

The original text

First performed in the English Opera House, London, on 24 July, 1827, and published in London by T.H. Lacy, [183-?] as of Lacy's Acting Edition No 335, the text said to have been "taken from the author's Tales of the O'Hara Family".

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1868: Performed by the Lanarkshire Dramatic Club in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 21 March, with Fortune's Frolic (Allingham). Music by the Regimental Band.

1869: Performed by the Lanarkshire Dramatic Club in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 24 January, with A Day after the Fair (Somerset). Music by the Regimental Band and a song sung by R. Norcliffe.

Sources

Facsimile version of the original Lacy text, HathiTrust Digital Library[2]

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

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 262, 264


Go to ESAT Bibliography

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Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

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Return to The ESAT Entries

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