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''[[The Hundred Pound Note]]'' is a farce in two acts by Richard Brinsley Peake (1792-1847)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Peake].

==The original text==

First performed in London at Covent Garden, and The Bowery, New York in 1828. Published in London by John Cumberland (1928?),and in New York by E.M. Murden, 1828.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1860: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 17 and 20 December, with  ''[[The Little Treasure]]'' (Harris). The first performance was done as a benefit for [[Mrs Delmaine]].


== Sources ==
Facsimile version of the 1828 text by Murden, Hathitrust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035137812;view=1up;seq=1]

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.158
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