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''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' is a comedy by Albert Drinkwater ()[] Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923)  
 
''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' is a comedy by Albert Drinkwater ()[] Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923)  
  
Also found as ''[[The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber]]''
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Also found as '''''[[The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber]]'''''
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
O.H. Cork, 4 December, 1896  
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First performed as ''[[The Talk of the Town]]'' in Cork on 4 December, 1896 and as  ''[[The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber]]'' in Bath
  
  

Revision as of 05:25, 7 May 2021

The Talk of the Town is a comedy by Albert Drinkwater ()[] Albert Edwin Drinkwater (1851–1923)

Also found as The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber

The original text

First performed as The Talk of the Town in Cork on 4 December, 1896 and as The Talk of the Town, or Agnes Bramber in Bath


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on

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: pp.203-205

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p. 351 [1]

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