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 : Performed to some acclaim in Cape Town in November by an unnamed (garrison?) company, featuring a star turn by a [[Mr Searle]] and accompanied by the brass band of the [[86th Regiment]].
-: Performed in Cape Town during October by an unnamed (garrison?) company, in aid of a new bell for St Mary's Cathedral. Also performed were what appear to be two skits,  ''[[The Toothaches]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Nervous Cures]]'' (Brown and Norton).
+: Performed in Cape Town some time in October, by an unnamed (garrison?) company, as part of an evening of musical and dramatic entertainment in aid of a new bell for [[St Mary's Cathedral]]. Probably taking place in the [[Catholic Hall]] (formerly known as the [[St Aloysius Hall]]), the programme for the evening also included ''[[The Toothaches]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Nervous Cures]]'' (Brown and Norton).
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 : Performed to some acclaim in Cape Town in November by an unnamed (garrison?) company, featuring a star turn by a [[Mr Searle]] and accompanied by the brass band of the [[86th Regiment]].
-: Performed in Cape Town during October by an unnamed (garrison?) company, in aid of a new bell for St Mary's Cathedral. Also performed were ''[[The Toothaches]]'' () and ''[[The Nervous Cures]]'' (Brown and Norton). featuring a star turn by a [[Mr Searle]] and accompanied by the brass band of the [[86th Regiment]].
+: Performed in Cape Town during October by an unnamed (garrison?) company, in aid of a new bell for St Mary's Cathedral. Also performed were what appear to be two skits,  ''[[The Toothaches]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[The Nervous Cures]]'' (Brown and Norton).
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 : Performed to some acclaim in Cape Town in November by an unnamed (garrison?) company, featuring a star turn by a [[Mr Searle]] and accompanied by the brass band of the [[86th Regiment]].
-: Performed in Cape Town during October by an unnamed (garrison?) company, in aid of a new bell for St Mary's Cathedral. Also performed were ''[[The Toothaches]]'' () and the song ''[[The Nervous Cures]]'' (). featuring a star turn by a [[Mr Searle]] and accompanied by the brass band of the [[86th Regiment]].
+: Performed in Cape Town during October by an unnamed (garrison?) company, in aid of a new bell for St Mary's Cathedral. Also performed were ''[[The Toothaches]]'' () and ''[[The Nervous Cures]]'' (Brown and Norton). featuring a star turn by a [[Mr Searle]] and accompanied by the brass band of the [[86th Regiment]].
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	1871: Performed to some acclaim in Cape Town in November by an unnamed (garrison?) company, featuring a star turn by a [[Mr Searle]] and accompanied by the brass band of the [[86th Regiment]].		1871: Performed to some acclaim in Cape Town in November by an unnamed (garrison?) company, featuring a star turn by a [[Mr Searle]] and accompanied by the brass band of the [[86th Regiment]].
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		+	1872: Performed in Cape Town during October by an unnamed (garrison?) company, in aid of a new bell for St Mary's Cathedral. Also performed were ''[[The Toothaches]]'' () and the song ''[[The Nervous Cures]]'' (). featuring a star turn by a [[Mr Searle]] and accompanied by the brass band of the [[86th Regiment]].

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−	''[[The Happy Man]]'' is ~~an extravaganza~~ in one act by Samuel Lover (1797-1868)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Lover]	+	''[[The Happy Man]]'' is a play in one act by Samuel Lover (1797-1868)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Lover]

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 : Performed by the [[Alfred Dramatic Club]], in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town,  on 27 December, with ''[[Dido, the Queen of Carthage]]'' (Burnand).
-: Performed to some acclaim in Cape Town in November by an unnamed (garrison?) company, featuring a star turn by a [[Mr Searle]] and accompanied by the brass band of the 86th Regiment.
+: Performed to some acclaim in Cape Town in November by an unnamed (garrison?) company, featuring a star turn by a [[Mr Searle]] and accompanied by the brass band of the [[86th Regiment]].
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	1860: Performed by the [[Alfred Dramatic Club]], in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 27 December, with ''[[Dido, the Queen of Carthage]]'' (Burnand).		1860: Performed by the [[Alfred Dramatic Club]], in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 27 December, with ''[[Dido, the Queen of Carthage]]'' (Burnand).
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		+	1871: Performed to some acclaim in Cape Town in November by an unnamed (garrison?) company, featuring a star turn by a [[Mr Searle]] and accompanied by the brass band of the 86th Regiment.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: It was performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] on 5 December.  Billed as a one act burlesque acts, with a Spanish dance as interlude and ''[[Agnes de Vere, or A Wife’s Revenge]]'' (Buckstone), it is strangely listed by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980, pp.78 and 514)  as ''[[The Happy Man, or the Legend of the -]]''. (This may possibly be intended to refer to an alternative title, such as "''[[The Legend of the Happy Man]]''"?)
+: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] on 5 December.  Billed as a one act burlesque acts, with a Spanish dance as interlude and ''[[Agnes de Vere, or A Wife’s Revenge]]'' (Buckstone), it is strangely listed by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980, pp.78 and 514)  as ''[[The Happy Man, or the Legend of the -]]''. (This may possibly be intended to refer to an alternative title, such as "''[[The Legend of the Happy Man]]''"?)
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 Frederick Wilse Bateson (ed). 1969''The Cambridge Bibliography of English literature''. 2. 1660-1800, Volume 3. CUP Archive: p. 407[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Uak8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA407&lpg=PA407&dq=The+Happy+Man,+or+The+Legend+of+the+-+(Lover),&source=bl&ots=A3PX5jz5Ow&sig=8UmwHrh5YeKW5O0xc87UfWzSWGI&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSsLqz8dPVAhXqKcAKHU33Cj4Q6AEIVjAH#v=onepage&q=The%20Happy%20Man%2C%20or%20The%20Legend%20of%20the%20-%20(Lover)%2C&f=false]
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 78
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 78, 158, 281, 514.
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