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1858: Performed by Sefton Parry's company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 18 January, along with How to Die for Love! (Kotzebue), a performance of a highland fling by [[Mr Gough]] and the first ever performance by [[Mr Gough]]'s newly formed band called [[The Ethiopian Serenaders]].
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Revision as of 07:56, 28 December 2018

Mammon and Gammon is an original farce, in one act by Francis Talfourd (1828-1862)[1]


The original text

Published in London by T.H. Lacy, 185-?

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1858: Performed by Sefton Parry's company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 18 January, along with How to Die for Love! (Kotzebue), a performance of a highland fling by Mr Gough and the first ever performance by Mr Gough's newly formed band called The Ethiopian Serenaders.


Sources

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/7075988

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

D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and

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


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