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''[[The Two Poets]]'' is a farce by John Courtney (1804-1865)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Courtney_(playwright)].

==The original text==

First performed at the Royal Surrey Theatre, London, on 25 November 1850, and published by and Samuel French (1860?)

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1876: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 17 April, as an afterpiece to ''[[Blow for Blow]]'' (Byron). (The title now wrongly given as ''[[The Two Poets]]'' by Bosman, 1980, though ascribing it to Courtney.)

== Sources ==

Facsimile version of the 1860 edition by Samuel French, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100782192]

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.

[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed in the [[New Lyceum Theatre]], Cape Town, at the start of September by a company of amateurs,  as a benefit for [[E. Clifton]],  along with ''[[Mazeppa]]'' (the "grand Ethiopian Burlesque"). (The title is correctly given as ''[[The Two Polts]]'' by Bosman, 1980, but the author is said to be "unknown".)
+: Performed in the [[New Lyceum Theatre]], Cape Town, at the start of September by the [[Amateur Coloured Troupe]] and some other amateurs,  as a benefit for [[E. Clifton]],  along with ''[[Mazeppa]]'' (the "grand Ethiopian Burlesque"). (The title is correctly given as ''[[The Two Polts]]'' by Bosman, 1980, but the author is said to be "unknown".)
 : Performed in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 17 April, as an afterpiece to ''[[Blow for Blow]]'' (Byron). (The title now wrongly given as '''''[[The Two Poets]]''''' by Bosman, 1980, though ascribing it to Courtney.)

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed in the [[New Lyceum Theatre]], Cape Town, at the start of September by a company of amateurs,  as a benefit for [[E. Clifton]],  along with Mazeppa (the "grand Ethiopian Burlesque"). (The title is correctly given as ''[[The Two Polts]]'' by Bosman, 1980, but the author is said to be "unknown".)
+: Performed in the [[New Lyceum Theatre]], Cape Town, at the start of September by a company of amateurs,  as a benefit for [[E. Clifton]],  along with ''[[Mazeppa]]'' (the "grand Ethiopian Burlesque"). (The title is correctly given as ''[[The Two Polts]]'' by Bosman, 1980, but the author is said to be "unknown".)
 : Performed in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 17 April, as an afterpiece to ''[[Blow for Blow]]'' (Byron). (The title now wrongly given as '''''[[The Two Poets]]''''' by Bosman, 1980, though ascribing it to Courtney.)

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 ==The original text==
-First performed at the Royal Surrey Theatre, London, on 25 November 1850, and published by De Witt in New York  and Samuel French (1860?) In both cases the author's name is wrongly spelled "Courtnay".
+First performed at the Royal Surrey Theatre, London, on 25 November 1850, and published by T.H. Lacy in 1850 (as Volume 45 of Lacy's acting edition of plays) and later by both Samuel French (as Volume 663 of French's acting edition) and De Witt in New York. In all cases the author's name is wrongly spelled "Courtnay".
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
+: Performed in the [[New Lyceum Theatre]], Cape Town, at the start of September by a company of amateurs,  as a benefit for [[E. Clifton]],  along with Mazeppa (the "grand Ethiopian Burlesque"). (The title is correctly given as ''[[The Two Polts]]'' by Bosman, 1980, but the author is said to be "unknown".)
 : Performed in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 17 April, as an afterpiece to ''[[Blow for Blow]]'' (Byron). (The title now wrongly given as '''''[[The Two Poets]]''''' by Bosman, 1980, though ascribing it to Courtney.)
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 Facsimile version of the 1860 edition by Samuel French, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100782192]
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 280, 338
 [[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

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-''[[The Two Poets]]'' is a farce by John Courtney (1804-1865)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Courtney_(playwright)].
+''[[The Two Polts]]'' is a farce by John Courtney (1804-1865)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Courtney_(playwright)].
 ==The original text==
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-: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 17 April, as an afterpiece to ''[[Blow for Blow]]'' (Byron). (The title now wrongly given as ''[[The Two Poets]]'' by Bosman, 1980, though ascribing it to Courtney.)
+: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 17 April, as an afterpiece to ''[[Blow for Blow]]'' (Byron). (The title now wrongly given as '''''[[The Two Poets]]''''' by Bosman, 1980, though ascribing it to Courtney.)
 == Sources ==