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-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 D|D]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
+Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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 ==Sources==

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−	''[[The Romp]]'' is a musical entertainment in two acts by Isaac Bickerstaff(e) (1733-?~~1812~~),	+	''[[The Romp]]'' is a musical entertainment in two acts by Isaac Bickerstaff(e) (1733-1812?)[http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/b/Bickerstaffe_I/life.htm]

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

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−	A musical entertainment in two acts by Isaac Bickerstaff(e) (1733-?1812),	+	''[[The Romp]]'' is a musical entertainment in two acts by Isaac Bickerstaff(e) (1733-?1812),

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 Peter A. Tasch 1972. ''The Dramatic Cobbler: The Life and Works of Isaac Bickerstaff''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=-jh7bQrEUfkC&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=The+Romp,+or+A+Cure+for+the+Spleen&source=bl&ots=LCKrsPTjFY&sig=K4ntqYGnqzxZX00U8ZQGgPYp0gY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jSRQVZ-OKuLT7QbBqYFQ&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Romp%2C%20or%20A%20Cure%20for%20the%20Spleen&f=false]
-[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 154
+[[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. 154
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]

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 Peter A. Tasch 1972. ''The Dramatic Cobbler: The Life and Works of Isaac Bickerstaff''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=-jh7bQrEUfkC&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=The+Romp,+or+A+Cure+for+the+Spleen&source=bl&ots=LCKrsPTjFY&sig=K4ntqYGnqzxZX00U8ZQGgPYp0gY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jSRQVZ-OKuLT7QbBqYFQ&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Romp%2C%20or%20A%20Cure%20for%20the%20Spleen&f=false]
-[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 73, 109, 154-55,   199
+[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 154
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]

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	This latter text was prepared for publication by an unknown editor (sometimes referred to as “– Lloyd”) , and first published in 1786, probably by by W. Lowdnes, who published a new edition in 1789. Though ''[[The Romp]]'' continued going through many other adaptations afterwards, sometimes called a comic opera, at others “a musical entertainment” and apparently even billed as “an interlude” at times, it is most probably the published "Jordan" version which was used by companies in South Africa.		This latter text was prepared for publication by an unknown editor (sometimes referred to as “– Lloyd”) , and first published in 1786, probably by by W. Lowdnes, who published a new edition in 1789. Though ''[[The Romp]]'' continued going through many other adaptations afterwards, sometimes called a comic opera, at others “a musical entertainment” and apparently even billed as “an interlude” at times, it is most probably the published "Jordan" version which was used by companies in South Africa.
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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==

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-While this was his only unsuccessful play, later adaptations as ''[[The Romp]]'' (and credited to Bickerstaffe) , became resounding successes internationally. One such was a three act abridgement called ''[[The Romp, or A Cure for the Spleen]]'' (attributed to Bickerstaffe and Didbin),  which was performed in Ireland between 1767 -78, then in London and America. The most prominent and successful version however was the two act version, simply entitled ''[[The Romp]]'' (and credited to Bickerstaffe), done as a vehicle for the actress Dorothy Jordan  in the role of "Priscilla Tomboy". The Jordan version was apparently first performed in Ireland and on tour round about 1780,  then opened to acclaim at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden March 28 1778. This text was  prepared for publication by an unknown editor (sometimes referred to as “– Lloyd”) , and first published in 1786, probably by by W. Lowdnes, who published a new edition in 1789. This is most probably the version used in South Africa.
+Originally written as a comic opera in three acts called ''[[Love in the City]]'' by Isaac Bickerstaff(e) (1733-?1812), with music from Charles Dibdin and various continental composers. It had its première at  Covent Garden, 21 February, 1767, and was first published in 1767 by  W. Griffin.
 The Romp continued going through many other adaptations afterwards, sometimes called a comic opera, at others “a musical entertainment” and apparently even billed as “an interlude” at times.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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−	~~1818: Performed on 22 August by [[Mr Cooke]] and company, assisted by local Amateurs, in the [[African Theatre]] with ''[[Douglas]]'' (Home).~~

		+	1818: Performed on 22 August by [[Mr Cooke]] and company, assisted by local Amateurs, in the [[African Theatre]] with ''[[Douglas]]'' (Home).

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Sources ==
 Facsimile version of the Lowdnes edition 1789 (Google eBook)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=pddZAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=The+Romp+Bickerstaffe&source=bl&ots=yoxmhWdxRh&sig=cwGJHpG9ydkXce0lGQaaY5kkq0o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ax9QVeq4GOXC7gbI1ICABg&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=The%20Romp%20Bickerstaffe&f=false]
 http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/b/Bickerstaffe_I/life.htm
-Ronald L. Byrnside 1997. Music in Eighteenth-century Georgia (Google eBook)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=--yxmzlCl1kC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=The+Romp+Bickerstaffe&source=bl&ots=8OGMCZ9LcH&sig=7V8u1JiER_hsUfleaQRw8y2PH7s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fiFQVaSHNOqz7gaa64KgBw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=The%20Romp%20Bickerstaffe&f=false]
+Ronald L. Byrnside 1997. ''Music in Eighteenth-century Georgia'' (Google eBook)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=--yxmzlCl1kC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=The+Romp+Bickerstaffe&source=bl&ots=8OGMCZ9LcH&sig=7V8u1JiER_hsUfleaQRw8y2PH7s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fiFQVaSHNOqz7gaa64KgBw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=The%20Romp%20Bickerstaffe&f=false]
-Peter A. Tasch 1871. The Dramatic Cobbler: The Life and Works of Isaac Bickerstaff[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=-jh7bQrEUfkC&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=The+Romp,+or+A+Cure+for+the+Spleen&source=bl&ots=LCKrsPTjFY&sig=K4ntqYGnqzxZX00U8ZQGgPYp0gY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jSRQVZ-OKuLT7QbBqYFQ&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Romp%2C%20or%20A%20Cure%20for%20the%20Spleen&f=false]
+Peter A. Tasch 1972. ''The Dramatic Cobbler: The Life and Works of Isaac Bickerstaff''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=-jh7bQrEUfkC&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=The+Romp,+or+A+Cure+for+the+Spleen&source=bl&ots=LCKrsPTjFY&sig=K4ntqYGnqzxZX00U8ZQGgPYp0gY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jSRQVZ-OKuLT7QbBqYFQ&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Romp%2C%20or%20A%20Cure%20for%20the%20Spleen&f=false]
 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 73, 109, 154-55,   199