A Trip to Scarborough
A Trip to Scarborough is a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816).
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The original text
Based on John Vanbrugh's The Relapse (1696), removing much of the bawdy content, the play was first performed on 24 February 1777. The text published in Sheridan's Plays, Dent, 1906.
Performance history in South Africa
1929: Performed by the University Players in the Assembly Hall at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), with Pat Maloney, Margaret Girdwood, Dr Stammers.
1990: The play was presented by University Theatre Stellenbosch in the H.B. Thom Theatre, directed by Ralph Lawson, starring Arnold Hoon, Waldemar Schultz, Erik de Waal, André van der Merwe, Juan Els, Pedro Kruger, Jaco Bouwer, and others.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_Scarborough
Footlights, 1(4):10; 1(6):14, 1929.
A prompt copy of the text used for the Stellenbosch production of 1990, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.
UTS theatre pamphlet, 1990.
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