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Performance history in South Africa

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How to Win a Widow is a farce by an unknown author.

It is possibly a version of ''[[Who wins? or the Widow's Choice]]'', a musical farce by John Till Allingham (1776-1812)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Till_Allingham], first produced at Covent Garden in 1808;

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
--69: ''[[How to Win a Widow]]'' was probably performed as part of their repertoire by the [[W.J.S Bennee]] and [[Fanny Raynor]] (his wife),  done in association with local amateurs, while on a 15 month tour in the Eastern Cape and the Orange Free State. Definitely done when they presented a farewell benefit in Cape Town under the auspices of the Governor and the Freemasons in on 31 May, 1869. Also performed were ''[[Personation or Fairly Taken In]]'' (Dieulafoy/Decamp)  and ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Shakespeare).
+-69: ''[[How to Win a Widow]]'' was probably performed as part of their repertoire by the [[W.J.S Bennee]] and [[Fanny Raynor]] (his wife),  done in association with local amateurs, while on a 15 month tour in the Eastern Cape and the Orange Free State. Definitely done as ''[[How to Win a Widow ]]'' (but no author named) when they presented a farewell benefit in Cape Town under the auspices of the Governor and the Freemasons in on 31 May, 1869. Also performed were ''[[Personation or Fairly Taken In]]'' (Dieulafoy/Decamp)  and ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Shakespeare).
 == Sources ==

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 ==The original text==
-There is a reference to a South African production of a work by this title in [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p.) in the 1868-69 Cape Town theatre season. However, no such play has yet been traced, except for this reference. It may possibly have been a version of ''[[Who Wins? or The Widow's Choice]]'', a musical farce in two acts by John Till Allingham (1776-1812)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Till_Allingham] (also found as ''[[The Widow, or Who Wins?]]''), that was first produced at Covent Garden in 1808. The text published in London by John Cumberland, 1834 as Cumberland's British theatre, no. 244.
+There is a reference to a South African production of a work by this title in [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p.241) in the 1868-69 Cape Town theatre season. However, no such play has yet been traced, except for this reference. It may possibly have been a version of ''[[Who Wins? or The Widow's Choice]]'', a musical farce in two acts by John Till Allingham (1776-1812)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Till_Allingham] (also found as ''[[The Widow, or Who Wins?]]''), that was first produced at Covent Garden in 1808. The text published in London by John Cumberland, 1834 as Cumberland's British theatre, no. 244.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 http://www.worldcat.org.nz/title/widow-or-who-wins-a-farce-in-two-acts/oclc/039004139
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.241.
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 ''[[How to Win a Widow]]'' is the title of a farce by an unknown author.
-There is a reference to a South African production of a work by this title in [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p.) in the 1868-69 Cape Town theatre season. It was probably performed as part of their repertoire by the [[W.J.S Bennee]] and [[Fanny Raynor]] (his wife),  done in association with local amateurs, while on a 15 month tour in the Eastern Cape and the Orange Free State. Definitely done when they presented a farewell benefit in Cape Town under the auspices of the Governor and the Freemasons in on 31 May, 1869. Also performed were ''[[Personation or Fairly Taken In]]'' (Dieulafoy/Decamp)  and ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Shakespeare).
+==The original text==
-No such play has yet been traced, except for It may possibly have been a version of ''[[Who Wins? or The Widow's Choice]]'', a musical farce in two acts by John Till Allingham (1776-1812)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Till_Allingham] (also found as ''[[The Widow, or Who Wins?]]''), that was first produced at Covent Garden in 1808. The text published in London by John Cumberland, 1834 as Cumberland's British theatre, no. 244.
+There is a reference to a South African production of a work by this title in [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p.) in the 1868-69 Cape Town theatre season. However, no such play has yet been traced, except for this reference. It may possibly have been a version of ''[[Who Wins? or The Widow's Choice]]'', a musical farce in two acts by John Till Allingham (1776-1812)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Till_Allingham] (also found as ''[[The Widow, or Who Wins?]]''), that was first produced at Covent Garden in 1808. The text published in London by John Cumberland, 1834 as Cumberland's British theatre, no. 244.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Till_Allingham
 http://www.worldcat.org.nz/title/widow-or-who-wins-a-farce-in-two-acts/oclc/039004139

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 ''[[How to Win a Widow]]'' is the title of a farce by an unknown author.
-No such play has yet been traced, except for a reference to a South African production of a work by this title by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p.) :
+There is a reference to a South African production of a work by this title in [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p.) in the 1868-69 Cape Town theatre season. It was probably performed as part of their repertoire by the [[W.J.S Bennee]] and [[Fanny Raynor]] (his wife),  done in association with local amateurs, while on a 15 month tour in the Eastern Cape and the Orange Free State. Definitely done when they presented a farewell benefit in Cape Town under the auspices of the Governor and the Freemasons in on 31 May, 1869. Also performed were ''[[Personation or Fairly Taken In]]'' (Dieulafoy/Decamp)  and ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Shakespeare).
+No such play has yet been traced, except for It may possibly have been a version of ''[[Who Wins? or The Widow's Choice]]'', a musical farce in two acts by John Till Allingham (1776-1812)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Till_Allingham] (also found as ''[[The Widow, or Who Wins?]]''), that was first produced at Covent Garden in 1808. The text published in London by John Cumberland, 1834 as Cumberland's British theatre, no. 244.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Till_Allingham
 http://www.worldcat.org.nz/title/widow-or-who-wins-a-farce-in-two-acts/oclc/039004139

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	It is possibly a version of ''[[Who Wins? or The Widow's Choice]]'', a musical farce in two acts by John Till Allingham (1776-1812)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Till_Allingham]. Also found as ''[[The Widow, or Who Wins?]]'', it was first produced at Covent Garden in 1808. The text published in London by John Cumberland, 1834 as Cumberland's British theatre, no. 244.		It is possibly a version of ''[[Who Wins? or The Widow's Choice]]'', a musical farce in two acts by John Till Allingham (1776-1812)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Till_Allingham]. Also found as ''[[The Widow, or Who Wins?]]'', it was first produced at Covent Garden in 1808. The text published in London by John Cumberland, 1834 as Cumberland's British theatre, no. 244.

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−	It is possibly a version of ''[[Who ~~wins~~? or ~~the~~ Widow's Choice]]'', a musical farce by John Till Allingham (1776-1812)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Till_Allingham], first produced at Covent Garden in 1808;	+	It is possibly a version of ''[[Who Wins? or The Widow's Choice]]'', a musical farce by John Till Allingham (1776-1812)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Till_Allingham], first produced at Covent Garden in 1808;