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Facsimile version of the 1806 published version of the text,  Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=jCMAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=Five+Miles+Off,+or+The+Finger+Post&source=bl&ots=msJB-ZKmnL&sig=pq3FjZSOgchPCBwtF92YaaBjcYk&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijk868rtHMAhXLL8AKHfBpCXEQ6AEIGTAA#v=onepage&q=Five%20Miles%20Off%2C%20or%20The%20Finger%20Post&f=false]
 
Facsimile version of the 1806 published version of the text,  Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=jCMAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=Five+Miles+Off,+or+The+Finger+Post&source=bl&ots=msJB-ZKmnL&sig=pq3FjZSOgchPCBwtF92YaaBjcYk&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijk868rtHMAhXLL8AKHfBpCXEQ6AEIGTAA#v=onepage&q=Five%20Miles%20Off%2C%20or%20The%20Finger%20Post&f=false]
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William J. Burling. 2000. ''Summer Theatre in London, 1661-1820, and the Rise of the Haymarket Theatre.'', Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (p. 233)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=JZXg-dUpB8gC&pg=PA233&lpg=PA233&dq=Five+Miles+Off,+or+The+Finger+Post+by+John+Dibdin&source=bl&ots=l7TDmfhC54&sig=z30aDwiuZv63rm0gRsnw-f6xi0w&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDk8-esNHMAhWMDsAKHYPuDBAQ6AEIMDAE#v=onepage&q=Five%20Miles%20Off%2C%20or%20The%20Finger%20Post%20by%20John%20Dibdin&f=false]
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 185
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 185

Latest revision as of 08:23, 11 May 2016

Five Miles Off, or The Finger Post is a comedy in three acts by Thomas John Dibdin (1771 – 1841)[1]


The original text

First performed on July 1806 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket; with a Prologue and Epilogue by George Colman Junior. First published by Barker and Son in 1806.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1824: Performed in Cape Town on 7 July by the Amateur Company with Love, Law and Physic (Kenney).

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1806 published version of the text, Google E-book[2]

William J. Burling. 2000. Summer Theatre in London, 1661-1820, and the Rise of the Haymarket Theatre., Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (p. 233)[3]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 185

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