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Revision as of 06:35, 14 June 2015
The Liar is a farce in two acts by Samuel Foote.
The original text
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, which in turn was based on La Verdad Sospechosa by the Spanish-American playwright Juan Ruíz de Alarcón, (1634).
Performance history in South Africa
1825: Performed by C.E. Boniface's society, Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense in the African Theatre Cape Town on 15 October, with De Vrouw met Twee Mannen ("The Woman With Two Husbands") by De Pixérécourt/Van Ray. The cast for this play consisted of messrs D. Disant, H. Roselt, C.E. Boniface, M.C. Wolff, F. Waldek, C. Brink, H. Meurant and Mr Munnik, and Misses C. Roselt and L. Meurant. The plays were followed by a Grand Finale of Ballet with 48 dancers, mostly children.
Sources
http://www.nndb.com/people/431/000105116/
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Liar.html?id=oH4-AAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[1]: pp. 294-6,
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