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''[[The Irish Attorney, or Galway Practice in 1770]]'' is a farce in two acts  by William Bayle Bernard (1807-1875)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bayle_Bernard].  

Also found as '''''[[The Irish Attorney, or Galway Practice]]''''' or simply '''''[[The Irish Attorney]]'''''.


== The original text ==

First produced at the Haymarket Theatre, 6 May, 1840 and published in London by both J. Dicks, and 
Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, [1840?].  Published in the USA by the Chicago Dramatic Club in 1800s (and credited to "Bernard Boyle"). Published in New York by Berford and Co, 1947.

== South African performances ==


1842: Performed as ''[[The Irish Attorney]]'' by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town,  on 13 May, with ''[[Othello Travestie]]'' (Dowling) as the afterpiece. The performers included [[Mr Wellesley]] (as "Hawk") and Mr [[D. M'Donald]] (as "Pierce O'Hara"). Repeated on the 19th May apparently.

1865: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as  ''[[The Irish Attorney, or Galway Practice]]'' by the [[Phoenix Dramatic Club]] on 27 June, with a  cast that included [[Mr Dillon]], [[Mr Barrington]] and [[Mr Egerton]]. Followed by a [[Christy's]] style performance by [[Mr Egerton]] and [[Mr Angelo]].  

1865: Performed once more by the [[Phoenix Dramatic Club]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 1 August. Also performed was "the Grand Comical, Classical (Musical) [[Burlesque]] of ''[[William Tell]]''" (Buckingham).

== Sources ==

Facsimile version of the 1847 edition by Berford and Co , New York, ''The Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/stream/irishattorney00bern#page/n9/mode/2up].

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

[[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. 393-5.

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.269-270

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