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 Originally entitled ''[[The Busie Body]]'', this work became one of the most successful comedies of intrigue to be performed during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The play originally opened at the Drury Lane Theatre in London on May 12, 1709, but became particularly popular in England and its colonies, from the middle of the eighteenth century to the early the nineteenth century, and in America in the  nineteenth century. By 1800 the play had been performed more than 450 times, and by 1884 had been published in 40 editions.
 == South African performances ==
 : Performed in Simonstown by the [[Naval Amateur Company]], consisting of officers from the HMS Owen Glendower,  on Saturday 14 January, with ''[[Miss in her Teens]]'' (Garrick).
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 == Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. 230
+[[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/]: p. 230
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Centlivre

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-One of the most successful comedies of intrigue of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, originally entitled [[The Busie Body]] and written  by Susanna Centlivre (1667?-1723). Originally opened at the Drury Lane Theatre in London on May 12, 1709, and seems to have reached its greatest popularity in England and its colonies in the middle and late eighteenth century and the early part of the nineteenth century, while enjoying a similar place of importance in the stage history of America in the  nineteenth century. The play had over 450 performances by 1800, and went through 40 editions by 1884.
+''[[The Busybody]]'' is comedy by Susanna Centlivre (1667?-1723)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Centlivre].
 == Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p 230
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: p. 230
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Centlivre