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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: According to [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980), a piece listed as "Reminiscences of Sheridan Knowles's ''[[The Cousins]]''") was performed four times by the [[D'Arcy Read Company]] in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town (on 9, 11, 16 and 23 October), with ''[[The Ring and the Keeper]]'' (Wooler) and ''[[Belgravia, or Servantgolism]]'' (Anon.)
+: According to [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980), a piece listed as "Reminiscences of Sheridan Knowles' ''[[The Cousins]]''") was performed four times by the [[D'Arcy Read Company]] in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town (on 9, 11, 16 and 23 October), with ''[[The Ring and the Keeper]]'' (Wooler) and ''[[Belgravia, or Servantgolism]]'' (Anon.)
 == Sources ==

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-No mention of a Knowles play by this name has been found anywhere, except in [[F.C.L. Bosman]]'s 1980 history of South African theatre, where it is referred to as '''"Reminiscenses of Sheridan Knowles' ''The Cousins''"'''.
+No mention of a Knowles play by this name has been found anywhere, except in [[F.C.L. Bosman]]'s 1980 history of South African theatre, where it is referred to as '''"[[Reminiscenses of Sheridan Knowles' ''The Cousins'']]"'''.
 It was probably, given the phrasing, a performance of a selected scene from one of Knowles' plays - he was fond of using cousins as characters. A good candidate would have been the comic scene from Knowles' best known play, ''[[The Hunchback]]'', in which "Helen" teaches her cousin and lover "Modus" how to woo, for it could very well have been played as a short free-standing  interlude.

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 It was probably, given the phrasing, a performance of a selected scene from one of Knowles' plays - he was fond of using cousins as characters. A good candidate would have been the comic scene from Knowles' best known play, ''[[The Hunchback]]'', in which "Helen" teaches her cousin and lover "Modus" how to woo, for it could very well have been played as a short free-standing  interlude.
-There are a few other , more far fetched, possibilities as well. For example in the British Museum there is the manuscript of an 18th century comic opera in two acts, by anonymous author, called ''[[The Cousins, or Love and Fear]]''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=3g8IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA236&dq=The+Cousins,+or+Love+and+Fear,+a+Comic+Opera,%22+in+two+acts&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQitf5jJriAhURRRUIHZHSAkgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Cousins%2C%20or%20Love%20and%20Fear%2C%20a%20Comic%20Opera%2C%22%20in%20two%20acts&f=false], while ''[[The Cousins, or A Woman's Promise and a Lover's Vow]]'', a novel in 3 volumes by "Mrs. Ross" (), appeared in 18**. ''[[The Cousins]]'' may of course have been adaptations (by Knowles, or wrongly attributed to him) of either one of these texts.
+There are a few other , more far fetched, possibilities as well. For example in the British Museum there is the manuscript of an 18th century comic opera in two acts, by anonymous author, called ''[[The Cousins, or Love and Fear]]''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=3g8IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA236&dq=The+Cousins,+or+Love+and+Fear,+a+Comic+Opera,%22+in+two+acts&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQitf5jJriAhURRRUIHZHSAkgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Cousins%2C%20or%20Love%20and%20Fear%2C%20a%20Comic%20Opera%2C%22%20in%20two%20acts&f=false], while ''[[The Cousins, or A Woman's Promise and a Lover's Vow]]''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=je9BAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Cousins,+or+A+Woman's+Promise+and+a+Lover's+Vow,&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwvZ-4lZriAhUSrHEKHeA4AyMQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Cousins%2C%20or%20A%20Woman's%20Promise%20and%20a%20Lover's%20Vow%2C&f=false], a novel in 3 volumes by "Mrs. Ross" (), appeared in 18**. ''[[The Cousins]]'' may of course have been adaptations (by Knowles, or wrongly attributed to him) of either one of these texts.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: According to [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980), a piece listed as "Reminiscences of Sheridan Knowles's ''[[The Cousins]]''") was performed four times by the [[D'Arcy Read Company]] in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town (on 9, 11, 16 and 23 October), with ''[[The Ring and the Keeper]]'' (Wooler) and ''[[Belgravia, or Servantgolism]]'' ()
+: According to [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980), a piece listed as "Reminiscences of Sheridan Knowles's ''[[The Cousins]]''") was performed four times by the [[D'Arcy Read Company]] in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town (on 9, 11, 16 and 23 October), with ''[[The Ring and the Keeper]]'' (Wooler) and ''[[Belgravia, or Servantgolism]]'' (Anon.)
 == Sources ==

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	Order of the Trustees. 1877. ''Catalogue of additions to the manuscripts in the British Museum in the year mdcccliv-mdccclxxv'' (1861-1875), Oxford University[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=3g8IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA236&dq=The+Cousins,+or+Love+and+Fear,+a+Comic+Opera,%22+in+two+acts&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQitf5jJriAhURRRUIHZHSAkgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Cousins%2C%20or%20Love%20and%20Fear%2C%20a%20Comic%20Opera%2C%22%20in%20two%20acts&f=false]		Order of the Trustees. 1877. ''Catalogue of additions to the manuscripts in the British Museum in the year mdcccliv-mdccclxxv'' (1861-1875), Oxford University[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=3g8IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA236&dq=The+Cousins,+or+Love+and+Fear,+a+Comic+Opera,%22+in+two+acts&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQitf5jJriAhURRRUIHZHSAkgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Cousins%2C%20or%20Love%20and%20Fear%2C%20a%20Comic%20Opera%2C%22%20in%20two%20acts&f=false]

−	Facsimile version of ''The Cousins, Or, A Woman's Promise and a Lover's Vow'' by "Mrs ~~Bell~~" (A.K. Newman, 1811)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=je9BAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Cousins,+or+A+Woman's+Promise+and+a+Lover's+Vow,&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwvZ-4lZriAhUSrHEKHeA4AyMQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Cousins%2C%20or%20A%20Woman's%20Promise%20and%20a%20Lover's%20Vow%2C&f=false]	+	Facsimile version of ''The Cousins, Or, A Woman's Promise and a Lover's Vow'' by "Mrs Ross" (A.K. Newman, 1811)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=je9BAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Cousins,+or+A+Woman's+Promise+and+a+Lover's+Vow,&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwvZ-4lZriAhUSrHEKHeA4AyMQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Cousins%2C%20or%20A%20Woman's%20Promise%20and%20a%20Lover's%20Vow%2C&f=false]

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 No mention of a Knowles play by this name has been found anywhere, except in [[F.C.L. Bosman]]'s 1980 history of South African theatre, where it is referred to as "Reminiscenses of Sherdidan Knowles' ''The Cousins''".
-It was probably, given the phrasing, a performance of a selected scene from one of Knowles' plays - he was fond of using cousins as characters. A good candidate would have been the comic scene from Knowles' best known play, ''[[The Hunchback]]'', in which Helen teaches her cousin and lover Modus how to woo, for it could very well have been played as a short interlude.
+It was probably, given the phrasing, a performance of a selected scene from one of Knowles' plays - he was fond of using cousins as characters. A good candidate would have been the comic scene from Knowles' best known play, ''[[The Hunchback]]'', in which "Helen" teaches her cousin and lover "Modus" how to woo, for it could very well have been played as a short free-standing  interlude.
-There is also extant in the British Museum the manuscript of a comic opera in two acts (18th century) by anonymous author called ''[[The Cousins, or Love and Fear]]''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=3g8IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA236&dq=The+Cousins,+or+Love+and+Fear,+a+Comic+Opera,%22+in+two+acts&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQitf5jJriAhURRRUIHZHSAkgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Cousins%2C%20or%20Love%20and%20Fear%2C%20a%20Comic%20Opera%2C%22%20in%20two%20acts&f=false], while ''[[The Cousins, or A Woman's Promise and a Lover's Vow]]'', a novel in 3 volumes by "Mrs. Ross" (), appeared in 18**. . ''[[The Cousins]]'' may of course have been adaptations of either one of these texts, and merely attributed to Knowles by the company or by Bosman.
+There are a few other , more far fetched, possibilities as well. For example in the British Museum there is the manuscript of an 18th century comic opera in two acts, by anonymous author, called ''[[The Cousins, or Love and Fear]]''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=3g8IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA236&dq=The+Cousins,+or+Love+and+Fear,+a+Comic+Opera,%22+in+two+acts&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQitf5jJriAhURRRUIHZHSAkgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Cousins%2C%20or%20Love%20and%20Fear%2C%20a%20Comic%20Opera%2C%22%20in%20two%20acts&f=false], while ''[[The Cousins, or A Woman's Promise and a Lover's Vow]]'', a novel in 3 volumes by "Mrs. Ross" (), appeared in 18**. ''[[The Cousins]]'' may of course have been adaptations (by Knowles, or wrongly attributed to him) of either one of these texts.
 ==Translations and adaptations==