Difference between revisions of "The Snake in the Grass"
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| − | + | Probably written in 1867 by the local Cape Town author, [[I.R. Taylor]] and suggested to have been an original work, the play may have been inspired by (or based on) ''The Snake in the Grass'' , a serial novel by Pierce Egan the Younger (''The London Journal'' , 8 May 1858 - 27 Nov. 1858, in No. 720). | |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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1867-8: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in their 1867-1868 season. | 1867-8: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in their 1867-1868 season. | ||
Revision as of 05:31, 25 June 2020
The Snake in the Grass is a play by I.R. Taylor (fl mid 1800s).
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The original text
Probably written in 1867 by the local Cape Town author, I.R. Taylor and suggested to have been an original work, the play may have been inspired by (or based on) The Snake in the Grass , a serial novel by Pierce Egan the Younger (The London Journal , 8 May 1858 - 27 Nov. 1858, in No. 720).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1867-8: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret Company in their 1867-1868 season.
Sources
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: p.295
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