Samuel in Search of Himself - Revision history

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 ==The original text==
-A farce about a character called "Mr Samuel Shirkington", first performed at the Royal Princess's Theatre, London, in April 1858.
+A farce about a character called the amorous "Mr Samuel Shirkington", first performed at the Royal Princess's Theatre, London, in April 1858.
 The text first published by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in the series ''Lacy's Acting Edition'' (English and American drama of the nineteenth century) in 1858 and later republished as no 529 of French's Acting Editions.

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 : Performed on 15 June in the [[Cape Town Theatre]] by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company (in part consisting of players recruited from the [[59th Regiment]]), along with a selection from ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[Luke the Labourer]]''  (Buckstone) and a comic song written and sung by [[H. Connerton]].
-: The farce was probably the same piece that was performed under the title ''[[Shirkington]]'' (no author given) by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company on 30 January in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town.
+: A piece billed simply as ''[[Shirkington]]'' (no author given) was performed  by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company on 30 January in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town. This was probably the same piece.
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 ''[[Samuel in Search of Himself]]'' is a farce in one act by Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne] and H.C. Coape (1810–1890)[http://www.churchside1.plus.com/Goldhanger-past/Coape.htm].
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 : Performed on 15 June in the [[Cape Town Theatre]] by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company (in part consisting of players recruited from the [[59th Regiment]]), along with a selection from ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[Luke the Labourer]]''  (Buckstone) and a comic song written and sung by [[H. Connerton]].
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 ==The original text==
-First performed at the Royal Princess's Theatre, London, in April 1858.
+A farce about a character called "Mr Samuel Shirkington", first performed at the Royal Princess's Theatre, London, in April 1858.
 The text first published by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in the series ''Lacy's Acting Edition'' (English and American drama of the nineteenth century) in 1858 and later republished as no 529 of French's Acting Editions.

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 Facsimile version of the edition by [[Samuel French]], [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112070122491&view=1up&seq=5]
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.124
+Advert in ''The Freeman's Journal'', Dublin, Tuesday, February 22, 1859
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	''[[Samuel in Search of Himself]]'' is a farce in one act by Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne] and H.C. Coape ()[].	+	''[[Samuel in Search of Himself]]'' is a farce in one act by Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne] and H.C. Coape (1810–1890)[http://www.churchside1.plus.com/Goldhanger-past/Coape.htm].

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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne
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		+	http://www.churchside1.plus.com/Goldhanger-past/Coape.htm

	"Online Books by J. Stirling Coyne", [[The Online Books Page]][http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Coyne%2C%20J%2E%20Stirling%20%28Joseph%20Stirling%29%2C%201803%2D1868]		"Online Books by J. Stirling Coyne", [[The Online Books Page]][http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Coyne%2C%20J%2E%20Stirling%20%28Joseph%20Stirling%29%2C%201803%2D1868]

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 "Online Books by J. Stirling Coyne", [[The Online Books Page]][http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Coyne%2C%20J%2E%20Stirling%20%28Joseph%20Stirling%29%2C%201803%2D1868]
-Facsimile version of the 187* edition by [[Samuel French]], [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112070122491&view=1up&seq=5]
+Facsimile version of the edition by [[Samuel French]], [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112070122491&view=1up&seq=5]
 [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.124203-205