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A play by Thomas Morton. A two-act musical entertainment.

== The original text ==

First performed at the Haymarket 1 October 1793. A pirated edition published in Dublin, 1794. Printed for John Rice

== Performance history in South Africa ==

23 June 1831: Performed in Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]] as ''[[The Children of the Wood]]'', with ''[[Richard III|Richard the Third, or The Battle of Bosworth's Field]]'' (Shakespeare).

1837: Brought to in Cape Town as a part of a puppet show put on by the so-called "[[Automata]]" or "[[Automaton]] Figures", large mechanical puppets, by [[W.F.H. Parker]] in 1837. It was performed (under its correct title of [[The Children in the Wood]]), along with ''[[Polander]]'', the dramatic play ''[[The Enchanted Turk]]'' and ''[[Joey Grimaldi's Trip to Brentford]]''.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Sources ==

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(playwright)

[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p. 216, 231

Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]

== Return to ==

Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 C|C]] in Plays II Foreign Plays

Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-June 1831: Performed in Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]] as ''[[The Children of the Wood]]'', with ''[[Richard the Third, or The Battle of Bosworth's Field]]'' (Shakespeare).
+: Performed in Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]] as ''[[The Children of the Wood]]'' on 23 June, with ''[[Richard the Third, or The Battle of Bosworth's Field]]'' (Shakespeare).
 : Brought to  in Cape Town as a part of a puppet show put on by the so-called "[[Automata]]" or "[[Automaton]] Figures", large mechanical puppets, by [[W.F.H. Parker]] in 1837. It was performed (under its correct title of [[The Children in the Wood]]), along with ''[[Polander]]'', the dramatic play ''[[The Enchanted Turk]]'' and ''[[Joey Grimaldi's Trip to Brentford]]''.

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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. 216, 231
-Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
+Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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-A play by Thomas Morton.  A two-act musical entertainment.
+''[[The Children in the Wood]]'' is a two-act musical entertainment by Thomas Morton ()[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(playwright)].
 == The original text ==
 First performed at the Haymarket 1 October 1793. A pirated edition published in Dublin, 1794.  Printed for John Rice
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 == Return to ==
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 C|C]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
+Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
 Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]