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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
His very first farce, it was produced in London in 1835.  
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His very first farce, it was produced in the Queen's Theatre, London, in March, 1835. Published by T.H. Lacy (Lacy, vol. xi) and as a French's Acting Edition in 1873(?).
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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1859: Performed  as ''[[My First Fit of the Gout]]'' on 28 July in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] by the [[Cape Town Dramatic Club]], with ''[[To Oblige Benson]]''  (Taylor) and ''[[An Unwarrantable Intrusion]]'' (Morton).
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1859: Performed  as ''[[My First Fit of the Gout]]'' on 28 July in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] by the [[Cape Town Dramatic Club]], with ''[[To Oblige Benson]]''  (Lemoine-Moreau  and Delacour/Taylor) and ''[[An Unwarrantable Intrusion]]'' (Morton).
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
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Online Books by John Maddison Morton (Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891), ''The Online Books Page'' [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Morton%2C%20John%20Maddison%2C%201811%2D1891]
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Facsimile version of the Lacy text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858023944147]
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 145,
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 145,

Latest revision as of 06:12, 1 July 2021

My First Fit of the Gout is a comedy in one act by J.M. Morton (1811–1891) [1].

The original text

His very first farce, it was produced in the Queen's Theatre, London, in March, 1835. Published by T.H. Lacy (Lacy, vol. xi) and as a French's Acting Edition in 1873(?).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1859: Performed as My First Fit of the Gout on 28 July in the Harrington Street Theatre by the Cape Town Dramatic Club, with To Oblige Benson (Lemoine-Moreau and Delacour/Taylor) and An Unwarrantable Intrusion (Morton).

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton

Online Books by John Maddison Morton (Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891), The Online Books Page [2]

Facsimile version of the Lacy text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 145,


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