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''[[A.S.S.]]'' is a farce in one act by J.M. Maddox (1789-1861)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Medex_Maddox]

==The original text==

First performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, London, on April 23, 1853 and published in London by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in [1853?]

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==


1862: Performed twice as ''[[A.S.S.]]'' in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Keiskama Hoek, on 12 and 15 November by the [[Amateurs of the Band]] ([[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]]) with a cast consisting of  [[J. Davies]] (Mr Diogenes Hunter), [[J. F. Gay]] (Anthony Sniggles), [[W. Allan]] (Adolphus), [[T. Smith]] (Mrs Hunter), [[J. Newnham]] (Sophia). Also performed was ''[[Luke the Labourer]]'' (Buckstone). ''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])''

== Sources ==

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

Facsimile version of the original text by [[T.H. Lacy]], ''[[HathiTrust Digital Library]]''[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100677944]

''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 14. December 10th 1862.

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