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 : Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, by the [[Sefton Parry]] company on 27 February, with ''[[Pleasant Neighbour]]'' (Mrs Planché) and ''[[The Double Bedded Room]]'' (Morton). According to Bosman (1980: p. 79), Parry had done the play before, during his tenure, but this is the first time Bosman mentions it in his book.
-June 1862: Performed in Port Elizabeth by "the amateurs of the town" as ''[[Delicate Ground, in Paris in 1770]]''.
+June 1862: Performed in Port Elizabeth by "the amateurs of the town" as ''[[Delicate Ground, in Paris in 1770]]''. This was followed by the [[Fan Dance]] by Miss [[Lizzie Powell]].
 : Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 25 September as part of their "Grand Re-opening Night" in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]],  Cape Town, with ''[[Good for Nothing]]'' (Buckstone) , ''[[The Swiss Cottage]]'' (Bayly) and a ''Pas de Variation'' danced by [[Miss Clara]].

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	1860: Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, by the [[Sefton Parry]] company on 27 February, with ''[[Pleasant Neighbour]]'' (Mrs Planché) and ''[[The Double Bedded Room]]'' (Morton). According to Bosman (1980: p. 79), Parry had done the play before, during his tenure, but this is the first time Bosman mentions it in his book.		1860: Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, by the [[Sefton Parry]] company on 27 February, with ''[[Pleasant Neighbour]]'' (Mrs Planché) and ''[[The Double Bedded Room]]'' (Morton). According to Bosman (1980: p. 79), Parry had done the play before, during his tenure, but this is the first time Bosman mentions it in his book.
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		+	June 1862: Performed in Port Elizabeth by "the amateurs of the town" as ''[[Delicate Ground, in Paris in 1770]]''.

	1867: Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 25 September as part of their "Grand Re-opening Night" in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, with ''[[Good for Nothing]]'' (Buckstone) , ''[[The Swiss Cottage]]'' (Bayly) and a ''Pas de Variation'' danced by [[Miss Clara]].		1867: Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 25 September as part of their "Grand Re-opening Night" in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, with ''[[Good for Nothing]]'' (Buckstone) , ''[[The Swiss Cottage]]'' (Bayly) and a ''Pas de Variation'' danced by [[Miss Clara]].

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 : Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, by the [[Sefton Parry]] company on 27 February, with ''[[Pleasant Neighbour]]'' (Mrs Planché) and ''[[The Double Bedded Room]]'' (Morton). According to Bosman (1980: p. 79), Parry had done the play before, during his tenure, but this is the first time Bosman mentions it in his book.
-: Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 25 September as part of their "Grand Re-opening Night" in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]],  Cape Town, with ''[[Good for Nothing]]'' (Buckstone) , ''[[The Swiss Cottage]]'' (Bayly).
+: Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] on 25 September as part of their "Grand Re-opening Night" in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]],  Cape Town, with ''[[Good for Nothing]]'' (Buckstone) , ''[[The Swiss Cottage]]'' (Bayly) and a ''Pas de Variation'' danced by [[Miss Clara]].
 : Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] on 26, 27,  and 30 December,  followed each night by the "New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime" of ''[[Harlequin Prince Perseus, or The Maid and the Monster]]'' (Anon.).

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	[[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. 399, 430		[[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. 399, 430

−	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 79, 230-1, 325, 360-4, 373, 380.	+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 79, 230-1, 325, 360-4, 366-7, 373, 380.

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 ''[[Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793]]'' is a comic drama in one act by Charles Dance (1794–1863)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)]  and James Robinson Planché (1796–1880)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9].
-Also referred to simply as '''''[[Delicate Ground!]]''''' or '''''[[Delicate Ground]]''''' . Alternate titles include: '''''[[Royalists and Republicans, or Delicate Ground]]''''' or the shorter '''''[[Royalists and Republicans]]'''''.
+Also referred to simply as '''''[[Delicate Ground!]]''''' or '''''[[Delicate Ground]]''''' . Alternate titles include: '''''[[Royalists and Republicans, or Delicate Ground]]''''', ''[[Royalists and Republicans, or Paris in 1793]]'' or the shorter '''''[[Royalists and Republicans]]'''''.
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 : Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 5 November, with ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Webster).
-: Performed in the [[New Theatre, De Goede Hoop Gardens]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 26 March, as '''''[[Royalists and Republicans, or Delicate Ground]]''''' (ascribed to Dance), along with ''[[Aunt Charlotte's Maid]]'' (Morton).
+: Performed in the [[New Theatre, De Goede Hoop Gardens]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 18 and 19 January, as '''''[[Royalists and Republicans, or Delicate Ground]]''''' (ascribed to Dance), along with ''[[Aunt Charlotte's Maid]]'' (Morton).
 : Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, on 18 October by [[St John Knight]] and company, with ''[[Milky White]]'' (Craven).

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 : Performed in the [[New Theatre, De Goede Hoop Gardens]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 18 and 19 January, as '''''[[Royalists and Republicans, or Delicate Ground]]''''' (ascribed to Dance), along with ''[[Aunt Charlotte's Maid]]'' (Morton).
-: Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, on 18 October by [[St. John Knight]] and company, with ''[[Milky White]]'' (Craven).
+: Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, on 18 October by [[St John Knight]] and company, with ''[[Milky White]]'' (Craven).
 : Performed as ''[[Delicate Ground]]'' in Cape Town by the [[Henry Harper Company]],  with [[Disney Roebuck]] in the cast.