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	1838: Performed by the [[English Amateur Company]] in the [[African Theatre\|Cape Town Theatre]] on 13 October, 1838, with as afterpiece ''[[The Spectre Bridegroom, or A Ghost in spite of Himself]]'' (Moncrieff). The title again wrongly given as ''[[Ambrose Guinett, or a Sea-Side Story]]''. According to [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] (1928), this was to be the last production mounted in the [[African Theatre]] before it was sold and turned into a church, and it was also the last production by English amateurs in Cape Town till 1843, for the Methodist anti-theatre movement had temporarily won the battle.		1838: Performed by the [[English Amateur Company]] in the [[African Theatre\|Cape Town Theatre]] on 13 October, 1838, with as afterpiece ''[[The Spectre Bridegroom, or A Ghost in spite of Himself]]'' (Moncrieff). The title again wrongly given as ''[[Ambrose Guinett, or a Sea-Side Story]]''. According to [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] (1928), this was to be the last production mounted in the [[African Theatre]] before it was sold and turned into a church, and it was also the last production by English amateurs in Cape Town till 1843, for the Methodist anti-theatre movement had temporarily won the battle.
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 According to a "Researcher's Note" in the online  ''Encyclopædia Britannica''[https://global.britannica.com/topic/Ambrose-Bierces-middle-name-1694744], the American author Ambrose Bierce[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce]’s full given names are Ambrose Gwinett (or Gwinnett) Bierce and derived from the title of Jerrold's popular play.
-In addition, Bierce's one biographer, Roy Morris Jr (1995: p. 10), while scathingly refering to Jerrold, one of the leading melodramatists of his day, as the "little known English dramatist", and the successful 19th century text as a "penny-dreadful play", doe point out that Bierce's most famous work, ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1890), "shares the play's basic plot contrivance of a young man surviving - or apparently surviving - a hanging", and suggests that Bierce may have read (or perhaps seen?) the play. Of course Bierce may even have known Bickerstaffe's original monologue. ''Wikipedia''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge] has numerous other potential sources for Bierce's brilliant tale, but does not mention either Jerrold or Bickerstaffe.
+In addition, Bierce's one biographer, Roy Morris Jr (1995: p. 10), while scathingly refering to Jerrold, one of the leading melodramatists of his day, as the "little known English dramatist", and the successful 19th century text as a "penny-dreadful play", does point out the interesting fact that Bierce's most famous work, ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1890), "shares the play's basic plot contrivance of a young man surviving - or apparently surviving - a hanging", and suggests that Bierce may have read (or perhaps seen?) the play. Of course Bierce may even have known Bickerstaffe's original monologue. ''Wikipedia''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge] has numerous other potential sources for Bierce's brilliant tale, but does not mention either Jerrold or Bickerstaffe.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 According to a "Researcher's Note" in the online  ''Encyclopædia Britannica''[https://global.britannica.com/topic/Ambrose-Bierces-middle-name-1694744], the American author Ambrose Bierce[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce]’s full given names are Ambrose Gwinett (or Gwinnett) Bierce and derived from the title of Jerrold's popular play.
-In addition, Bierce's one biographer, Roy Morris Jr (1995: p. 10), while scathingly refering to Jerrold, one of the leading melodramatists of his day, as the "little known English dramatist", and the successful 19th century text as a "penny-dreadful play", doe point out that Bierce's most famous work, ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1890), "shares the play's basic plot contrivance of a young man surviving - or apparently surviving - a hanging", and suggests that Bierce may have read (or perhaps seen?) the play. Of course Bierce may even have known Bickerstaffe's original monologue. The ''Wikipedia''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge] has numerous other potential sources for Bierce's brilliant tale, but does not mention either Jerrold or Bickerstaffe.
+In addition, Bierce's one biographer, Roy Morris Jr (1995: p. 10), while scathingly refering to Jerrold, one of the leading melodramatists of his day, as the "little known English dramatist", and the successful 19th century text as a "penny-dreadful play", doe point out that Bierce's most famous work, ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1890), "shares the play's basic plot contrivance of a young man surviving - or apparently surviving - a hanging", and suggests that Bierce may have read (or perhaps seen?) the play. Of course Bierce may even have known Bickerstaffe's original monologue. ''Wikipedia''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge] has numerous other potential sources for Bierce's brilliant tale, but does not mention either Jerrold or Bickerstaffe.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 According to a "Researcher's Note" in the online  ''Encyclopædia Britannica''[https://global.britannica.com/topic/Ambrose-Bierces-middle-name-1694744], the American author Ambrose Bierce[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce]’s full given names are Ambrose Gwinett (or Gwinnett) Bierce and derived from the title of Jerrold's popular play.
-In addition, Bierce's one biographer, Roy Morris Jr (1995: p. 10), scathingly refers to Jerrold, one of the leading melodramatists of his day, as the "little known English dramatist", and the successful 19th century text as a "penny-dreadful play", points out that Bierce's most famous work, ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1890), "shares the play's basic plot contrivance of a young man surviving - or apparently surviving - a hanging", and suggests that Bierce may have read (or perhaps seen?) the play. Of course Bierce may even have known Bickerstaffe's original monologue.
+In addition, Bierce's one biographer, Roy Morris Jr (1995: p. 10), while scathingly refering to Jerrold, one of the leading melodramatists of his day, as the "little known English dramatist", and the successful 19th century text as a "penny-dreadful play", doe point out that Bierce's most famous work, ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1890), "shares the play's basic plot contrivance of a young man surviving - or apparently surviving - a hanging", and suggests that Bierce may have read (or perhaps seen?) the play. Of course Bierce may even have known Bickerstaffe's original monologue. The ''Wikipedia''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge] has numerous other potential sources for Bierce's brilliant tale, but does not mention either Jerrold or Bickerstaffe.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 According to a "Researcher's Note" in the online  ''Encyclopædia Britannica''[https://global.britannica.com/topic/Ambrose-Bierces-middle-name-1694744], the American author Ambrose Bierce[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce]’s full given names are Ambrose Gwinett (or Gwinnett) Bierce and derived from the title of Jerrold's popular play.
-In addition, Bierce's one biographer, Roy Morris Jr (1995: p. 10), scathingly refers to Jerrold, one of the leading melodramatists of his day, as the "little known English dramatist", and the successful 19th century text as a "penny-dreadful play", points out that Bierce's most famous work, ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1890), "shares the play's basic plot contrivance of a young man surviving - or apparently surviving - a hanging", and suggesting Bierce may have read (or perhaps seen?) the play. Of course he may even have known Bickerstaffe's original monologue.
+In addition, Bierce's one biographer, Roy Morris Jr (1995: p. 10), scathingly refers to Jerrold, one of the leading melodramatists of his day, as the "little known English dramatist", and the successful 19th century text as a "penny-dreadful play", points out that Bierce's most famous work, ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1890), "shares the play's basic plot contrivance of a young man surviving - or apparently surviving - a hanging", and suggests that Bierce may have read (or perhaps seen?) the play. Of course Bierce may even have known Bickerstaffe's original monologue.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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		+	Roy Morris. 1995. ''Ambrose Bierce: Alone in Bad Company''. Oxford University Press: p. 10[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=CVtO3Ff6BpoC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=Ambrose+Gwinett,+or+A+Sea+Side+Story&source=bl&ots=AARXgQkJcJ&sig=wQeWGIV1t7ufdBZd-0WwjR2L41g&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8l7-xp5DOAhWLCcAKHW2PDTkQ6AEIIDAB#v=onepage&q=Ambrose%20Gwinett%2C%20or%20A%20Sea%20Side%20Story&f=false].

	Frederick Burwick. 2015. ''British Drama of the Industrial Revolution''. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: p. 198[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=wNMmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA198&lpg=PA198&dq=Ambrose+Gwinett,+or+A+Sea+Side+Story&source=bl&ots=Yv4h55_YeI&sig=cglXAky5yr-SF1GVWMzXr7gB9W8&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBpIDqnpDOAhVsKMAKHcjNBN8Q6AEIJTAC#v=onepage&q=Ambrose%20Gwinett%2C%20or%20A%20Sea%20Side%20Story&f=false].		Frederick Burwick. 2015. ''British Drama of the Industrial Revolution''. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: p. 198[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=wNMmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA198&lpg=PA198&dq=Ambrose+Gwinett,+or+A+Sea+Side+Story&source=bl&ots=Yv4h55_YeI&sig=cglXAky5yr-SF1GVWMzXr7gB9W8&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBpIDqnpDOAhVsKMAKHcjNBN8Q6AEIJTAC#v=onepage&q=Ambrose%20Gwinett%2C%20or%20A%20Sea%20Side%20Story&f=false].