State Secrets, or The Tailor of Tamworth - Revision history

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Produced as ''[[State Secrets, or The Tailor of Tamworth]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] on 23 February in the [[The Cape Town Theatre]] in Harrington Street , with ''[[Jane Lomax, or A Mother's Crime]]'' (Buckstone). A song by [[Montague Smythson]] and a dance by [[Lizzie Powell]] served as interlude. For ''[[Jane Lomax]]'', [[Thomas Baines]] created "beautiful new scenery representing a Snow Storm, the first of its kind attempted here", according to the Cape Town publicity. Despite it all the evening was not well attended.
+: Produced as ''[[State Secrets, or The Tailor of Tamworth]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] on 23 February in the [[The Cape Town Theatre]] in Harrington Street , with ''[[Jane Lomax, or A Mother's Crime]]'' (Stirling). A song by [[Montague Smythson]] and a dance by [[Lizzie Powell]] served as interlude. For ''[[Jane Lomax]]'', [[Thomas Baines]] created "beautiful new scenery representing a Snow Storm, the first of its kind attempted here", according to the Cape Town publicity. Despite it all the evening was not well attended.
 == Sources ==

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.78.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.78.
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	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	''[[State Secrets, or The Tailor of Tamworth]]'' is a comic [[burletta]] in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[].	+	''[[State Secrets, or The Tailor of Tamworth]]'' is a comic [[burletta]] in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Wilks%2C%20Thomas%20Egerton%2C%201812-1854].

	Also found as '''''[[State Secrets! Or The Tailor of Tamworth!]]'''''		Also found as '''''[[State Secrets! Or The Tailor of Tamworth!]]'''''

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	Facsimile version of the 1836 text published by [[Samuel French]], [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112069183025&view=1up&seq=8]

	"Thomas Egerton Wilks", [[The Online Books Page]]		"Thomas Egerton Wilks", [[The Online Books Page]]

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 Some editions (e.g. Lacy, 1836) refer to it as a [[Farce]] in one act, while other sources refer to it as a "Comic [[Burletta]]".
-First performed at the Surrey Theatre, London on 12 September 1836.
+First performed at the Surrey Theatre, London on 12 September 1836 and published in the same year by  [[Samuel French]]. Also editions by Dicks (no 914), Duncombe (Vol XXIII), and [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] (1850, Vol LIII). Published as ''[[State Secrets! Or The Tailor of Tamworth!]]'' by Turner & Fisher, (Fisher's edition of standard farces, 1899).
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 ==The original text==
-Some editions (e.g. Lacy, 1836) refer to it as a farce in one act, while other sources refer to it as a "Comic [[Burletta]]".
+Some editions (e.g. Lacy, 1836) refer to it as a [[Farce]] in one act, while other sources refer to it as a "Comic [[Burletta]]".
 First performed at the Surrey Theatre, London on 12 September 1836.

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	==The original text==		==The original text==

		+	Some editions (e.g. Lacy, 1836) refer to it as a farce in one act, while other sources refer to it as a "Comic [[Burletta]]".

	First performed at the Surrey Theatre, London on 12 September 1836.		First performed at the Surrey Theatre, London on 12 September 1836.

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−	''[[State Secrets, or The Tailor of Tamworth]]'' is a comic [[burletta]] in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks ()[].	+	''[[State Secrets, or The Tailor of Tamworth]]'' is a comic [[burletta]] in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[].

	Also found as '''''[[State Secrets! Or The Tailor of Tamworth!]]'''''		Also found as '''''[[State Secrets! Or The Tailor of Tamworth!]]'''''

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	"Thomas Egerton Wilks", [[The Online Books Page]]
		+	[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Wilks%2C%20Thomas%20Egerton%2C%201812-1854]

	Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900'' (Volume 4), Cambridge University Press: p. 420[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=mgSZjOrtHZgC&pg=PA420&lpg=PA420&dq=State+Secrets,+or+The+Tailor+of+Tamworth%5D%5D%27%27+is+a+play+by+Wilks&source=bl&ots=yYLs3DwJCs&sig=ACfU3U0Dmtj-qWJYn8WSneuJNiOqn1aM6Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp7MSE66_pAhW1VBUIHa0xB_sQ6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=State%20Secrets%2C%20or%20The%20Tailor%20of%20Tamworth%5D%5D]		Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900'' (Volume 4), Cambridge University Press: p. 420[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=mgSZjOrtHZgC&pg=PA420&lpg=PA420&dq=State+Secrets,+or+The+Tailor+of+Tamworth%5D%5D%27%27+is+a+play+by+Wilks&source=bl&ots=yYLs3DwJCs&sig=ACfU3U0Dmtj-qWJYn8WSneuJNiOqn1aM6Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp7MSE66_pAhW1VBUIHa0xB_sQ6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=State%20Secrets%2C%20or%20The%20Tailor%20of%20Tamworth%5D%5D]

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 First performed at the Surrey Theatre, London on 12 September 1836.
-Published by [[Samuel French]] (1836),  Dicks (no 914), Duncombe (Vol XXIII), and [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] (1850, Vol LIII).
+Published by [[Samuel French]] (1836),  Dicks (no 914), Duncombe (Vol XXIII), and [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] (1850, Vol LIII). Published as ''[[State Secrets! Or The Tailor of Tamworth!]]'' by Turner & Fisher, (Fisher's edition of standard farces, 1899).
 ==Translations and adaptations==