The Workman

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The Workman is a play by Edward Towers ()[].

The Workman, or The Shadow on the Hearth, drama, in five acts, by Frank Harvey (originally aoted at Theatre Royal, Sunderland, 10th May, 1880), July 18

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Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1887: The play was performed 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 Era Almanack (Publisher Era, 1880), p.83 [1]

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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