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''[[Love in a Sack]]'' is a farce by Benjamin Griffin (1680–1740)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Griffin_(actor)]

(Also referred to as '''''[[Sandy and Jenny, or Love in a Sack]]'''''.)

== The original text ==

Based in part on ''[[May Day]]'' (1611)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day_(play)] by  George Chapman, the farce is first mentioned on 14 June 1715, when Griffin  himself played "Sir Arthur Addlepate" at the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields. .

Published as ''[[Love in a Sack]]''. As it is now acted at the New-Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn Fields" in London by W. Mears, 1715 .

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1818: Produced as ''[[Sandy and Jenny, or Love in a Sack]]'' (and termed "a Divertissement") in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town, South Africa on 21 November by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]], with the help of four professional actors from the [[Theatre Royal]], Liverpool (en route to Calcutta), led by [[Mr Cooke]]. The accompanying pieces were ''[[Catherine and Petrucchio]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[Crochet Lodge]]'' (Hurlstone)

== Sources ==

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Griffin_(actor)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day_(play)

Students' Academy ''Famous English Renaissance Dramatists'' Volume Three: George Chapman (Lulu.com)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=-357AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=Love+in+a+Sack+Chapman&source=bl&ots=i1Jzngj-SD&sig=TyrPnSKHpw2-CjEpHJb1Fl7Kg48&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Y6RJVajdD-a57gaW14HgDw&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Love%20in%20a%20Sack%20Chapman&f=false]

WorldCat entry[http://www.worldcat.org/title/love-in-a-sack-as-it-is-now-acted-at-the-new-theatre-in-lincolns-inn-fields-by-benjamine-griffin/oclc/731599781/editions?start_edition=11&sd=desc&referer=di&se=yr&editionsView=true&fq=]

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2461065
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 155

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