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''[[The Solicitor]]'' is a farcical comedy by [[J.H. Darnley]]
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''[[The Solicitor]]'' is a farcical comedy in three acts by J.H. Darnley (fl. 1880-1900)[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Darnley,%20J.%20H.%22&type=author&inst=].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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''[[The Solicitor]]'' was first performed in Liverpool on 5 May, 1890, and at Toole's Theatre, London from 3 July to 7 November of the same year. Published by [[Samuel French]], c1902.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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1895: Performed by [[Edward Sass]] and his Gaiety Company in the [[Cape Town Opera House]], under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]], as part of a season of plays that opened on 1 June till late July.
  
1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
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== Sources ==
  
== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of the original published text of ''[[The Solicitor]]'', [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044086859675&view=1up&seq=7]
  
 
[[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.)
 
[[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.)
  
[[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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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.401
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J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. (Second, revised edition, p. 423). Scarecrow Press, Google E-bookp. 28[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nF8pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=the+solicitor+a+play+by+j.h.+darnley&source=bl&ots=hggRSdTh3E&sig=ACfU3U2v-7gs_AyJAl57Xn_EtjWwCqGocQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdptvB17HwAhU9RxUIHdGFDYQQ6AEwB3oECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=the%20solicitor%20a%20play%20by%20j.h.%20darnley&f=false]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:21, 2 June 2021

The Solicitor is a farcical comedy in three acts by J.H. Darnley (fl. 1880-1900)[1].

The original text

The Solicitor was first performed in Liverpool on 5 May, 1890, and at Toole's Theatre, London from 3 July to 7 November of the same year. Published by Samuel French, c1902.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1895: Performed by Edward Sass and his Gaiety Company in the Cape Town Opera House, under the auspices of the Wheeler Brothers, as part of a season of plays that opened on 1 June till late July.

Sources

Facsimile version of the original published text of The Solicitor, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

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.401

J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition, p. 423). Scarecrow Press, Google E-bookp. 28[3]

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