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By Samuel Foote. A Farce in Two Acts. First performed 1762. According to Foote pretended to have taken the theme from Lope de Vega, but it was really founded on Richard Steele's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's ''[[Le Menteur]]''.   
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By Samuel Foote. A Farce in Two Acts. First performed 1762. While Foote indicated that the theme was taken from Lope de Vega, it was really founded on Richard Steele's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's ''[[Le Menteur]]''.   
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 09:08, 20 August 2013

By Samuel Foote. A Farce in Two Acts. First performed 1762. While Foote indicated that the theme was taken from Lope de Vega, it was really founded on Richard Steele's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's Le Menteur.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

http://www.nndb.com/people/431/000105116/

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Liar.html?id=oH4-AAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y

Bosman, 1928: pp. 294,


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