Animal Magnetism
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Animal Magnetism is farce in three acts by Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821)[1].
Also occurs with a subtitle as Animal Magnetism, or A Cure for the Hydrophobia.
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First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in 1788(?).
Printed in Dublin, printed for P. Byron, Grafton street.
Performance history in South Africa
1831: Performed by All the World's a Stage under the management of Mr Booth in the African Theatre 29 October, 1831, billed as Animal Magnetism, or A Cure for the Hydrophobia. Served as afterpiece to Der Freischütz, or The Seventh Bullet (Weber).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004834158.0001.000/1:3?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Inchbald
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 217-8.
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