A Pretty Piece of Business - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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A Pretty Piece of Business is a play by Thomas Morton (1764-1838)[]

Online Books by Thomas Morton (1764-1838), [[e Online Books Page]][ttp://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Morton%2C%20Thomas%2C%201764%2D1838]

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 : Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 12 August, with ''[[The Three Trials of Life]]'' (Bernard).
 : Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 23 October, with ''[[Miriam's Crime]]'' (Craven) and a song by [[Miss Wynne]].
 == Sources ==

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 [[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 1932. (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]]: pp.203-205
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.98, 361
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==The original text==
-First performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 12 November, 1853 and at Wallack's Theatre, new York, on 10 January, 1854. Published and later again by Clinton T. de Witt, new York,  in 187? and by Harold Roorbach, new York, in 1889
+First performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 12 November, 1853 and published by [[T.H. Lacy]], 1853. Performed in New York at Wallack's Theatre on 10 January, 1854 and published ''inter alia'' by Clinton T. de Witt, New York,  in 187? and by Harold Roorbach, New York, in 1889
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	==The original text==		==The original text==
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		+	First performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, on 12 November, 1853 and at Wallack's Theatre, new York, on 10 January, 1854. Published and later again by Clinton T. de Witt, new York, in 187? and by Harold Roorbach, new York, in 1889

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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-''[[A Pretty Piece of Business]]'' is a play by Thomas Morton (1764-1838)[]
+''[[A Pretty Piece of Business]]'' is a comedietta in one act by Thomas Morton (1764-1838)[]
 ==The original text==
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-: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
+: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 12 August, with ''[[The Three Trials of Life]]'' (Bernard).
 == Sources ==

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	Facsimile version of the 1889 edition by Roorbach, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435054497185&view=1up&seq=3]

	Online Books by Thomas Morton (1764-1838), [[The Online Books Page]][http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Morton%2C%20Thomas%2C%201764%2D1838]		Online Books by Thomas Morton (1764-1838), [[The Online Books Page]][http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Morton%2C%20Thomas%2C%201764%2D1838]

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−	A Pretty Piece of Business is a play by Thomas Morton (1764-1838)[]	+	''[[A Pretty Piece of Business]]'' is a play by Thomas Morton (1764-1838)[]

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		+	==The original text==
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		+	==Translations and adaptations==
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		+	== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
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		+	== Sources ==

	Online Books by Thomas Morton (1764-1838), [[The Online Books Page]][http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Morton%2C%20Thomas%2C%201764%2D1838]		Online Books by Thomas Morton (1764-1838), [[The Online Books Page]][http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Morton%2C%20Thomas%2C%201764%2D1838]
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		+	[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
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		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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		+	== Return to ==
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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		+	Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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		+	Return to [[South_African_Festivals\|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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		+	Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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		+	Return to [[Main Page]]
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