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''[[An Englishman's House is his Castle]]'' is a farce in one act  J.M. Morton (1811-1891)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton].

==The original text==

Originally performed in London and published by [[Samuel French]] in 1857.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1871: Performed  on 17 April, by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[Theatre Royal, Main Barracks]] (formerly the [[Garrison Theatre]]) in Cape Town. Also performed ''[[Wanted a Young Lady]]'' (Suter) and ''[[Who Stole the Pocket-book?, or A Dinner for Six]]'' (Morton). A benefit performance for [[Sargeant Biphen]].

== Sources ==

Facsimile version of the original 1857 text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858018344477]

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

[[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 267

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