The Village Lawyer - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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Sources

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The original text

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-''[[The Village Lawyer]]'' is a farce, in two acts. Generally  attributed to William Macready (the Elder), though this is far from certain.  ([[F.C.L. Bosman]],1928, mistakenly attributes it to "Mrs Macready".)
+''[[The Village Lawyer]]'' is a farce, in two acts. Generally  attributed to William Macready (the Elder), though this is far from certain.
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 == The original text ==
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 Printed ''inter alia''  in 1795, in 1801 (P. Byrne) and in 1819 (R. Grace) - all attributed to Macready.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed Saturday 14 July by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], under the leadership of [[Mr Cuerton]], as afterpiece to a ''[[Harlequin Pantomime]]'', devised by [[Mr Cuerton]].  (Attributed to "Mrs Macready" by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928, p.144).
+: Performed Saturday 14 July by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], under the leadership of [[Mr Cuerton]], as afterpiece to a ''[[Harlequin Pantomime]]'', devised by [[Mr Cuerton]].
-: Performed again on Saturday 23 October and Saturday 6 November by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], still under the leadership of [[Mr Cuerton]], with ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday]]'' (Sheridan) as afterpiece (and still given as a work by "Mrs Macready").
+: Performed again on Saturday 23 October and Saturday 6 November by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], still under the leadership of [[Mr Cuerton]], with ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday]]'' (Sheridan) as afterpiece.
-: Performed on 20 January and 3 February by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], in aid of the Waterloo Subscription, as afterpiece to ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis). Possibly played once more on 17 August, 1816.  (Still attributed to "Mrs Macready".)
+: Performed on 20 January and 3 February by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], in aid of the Waterloo Subscription, as afterpiece to ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis). Possibly played once more on 17 August, 1816.
-: Performed on 27 May by the [[Garrison Amateur Company]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Heir at Law]]'' (Colman Jr). (Yet again attributed to "Mrs Macready".)
+: Performed on 27 May by the [[Garrison Amateur Company]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Heir at Law]]'' (Colman Jr).
-: Performed on Thursday 20 August, probably by [[All the World's a Stage]], in the [[Victoria Theatre]] in Hoop Street, as afterpiece to ''[[Who's Who? or The Double Imposture]]'' (Poole) and the interlude ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]''. (Once more attributed to "Mrs Macready".)
+: Performed on Thursday 20 August, probably by [[All the World's a Stage]], in the [[Victoria Theatre]] in Hoop Street, as afterpiece to ''[[Who's Who? or The Double Imposture]]'' (Poole) and the interlude ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]''.
 == Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 : Performed Saturday 14 July by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], under the leadership of [[Mr Cuerton]], as afterpiece to a ''[[Harlequin Pantomime]]'', devised by [[Mr Cuerton]].  (Attributed to "Mrs Macready" by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928, p.144).
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 : Performed on 20 January and 3 February by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], in aid of the Waterloo Subscription, as afterpiece to ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis). Possibly played once more on 17 August, 1816.  (Still attributed to "Mrs Macready".)
 : Performed on 27 May by the [[Garrison Amateur Company]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Heir at Law]]'' (Colman Jr). (Yet again attributed to "Mrs Macready".)

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-: Performed on 27 May by the [[Garrison Amateur Company]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Heir at Law]]'' (Colman Jr).
+: Performed on 27 May by the [[Garrison Amateur Company]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Heir at Law]]'' (Colman Jr). (Yet again attributed to "Mrs Macready".)
-: Performed on Thursday 20 August, probably by [[All the World's a Stage]], in the [[Victoria Theatre]] in Hoop Street, as afterpiece to ''[[Who's Who? or The Double Imposture]]'' (Poole) and the interlude ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]'' .
+: Performed on Thursday 20 August, probably by [[All the World's a Stage]], in the [[Victoria Theatre]] in Hoop Street, as afterpiece to ''[[Who's Who? or The Double Imposture]]'' (Poole) and the interlude ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]''. (Once more attributed to "Mrs Macready".)
 == Sources ==

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 : Performed Saturday 14 July by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], under the leadership of [[Mr Cuerton]], as afterpiece to a ''[[Harlequin Pantomime]]'', devised by [[Mr Cuerton]].  (Attributed to "Mrs Macready" by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928, p.144).
-: Performed again on Saturday 23 October and Saturday 6 November by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], still under the leadership of [[Mr Cuerton]], with ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday]]'' (Sheridan) as afterpiece.
+: Performed again on Saturday 23 October and Saturday 6 November by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], still under the leadership of [[Mr Cuerton]], with ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday]]'' (Sheridan) as afterpiece (and still given as a work by "Mrs Macready").
-: Performed on 20 January and 3 February by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], in aid of the Waterloo Subscription, as afterpiece to ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis). Possibly played once more on 17 August, 1816.
+: Performed on 20 January and 3 February by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], in aid of the Waterloo Subscription, as afterpiece to ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' (Lewis). Possibly played once more on 17 August, 1816.  (Still attributed to "Mrs Macready".)

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 http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7381029?versionId=8495363
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp144-5, 149,
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David-Augustin_de_Brueys
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Farce_de_ma%C3%AEtre_Pathelin

	Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes, ed. and published by C.E. Oxberry, 1826: p.38, see Footnote on William Macready[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=yggJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=The+Village+Lawyer+by+Macready&source=bl&ots=xXP12soUkH&sig=LQ7JGbA6hjiJiVy8nkdgTnUGsRU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r7XIU57HPMKI7AbTu4CoCA&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=The%20Village%20Lawyer%20by%20Macready&f=false]		Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes, ed. and published by C.E. Oxberry, 1826: p.38, see Footnote on William Macready[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=yggJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=The+Village+Lawyer+by+Macready&source=bl&ots=xXP12soUkH&sig=LQ7JGbA6hjiJiVy8nkdgTnUGsRU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r7XIU57HPMKI7AbTu4CoCA&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=The%20Village%20Lawyer%20by%20Macready&f=false]

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 == The original text ==
-Erroneously attributed to the William Macready in a pirated edition, and since printed as such (with tacit collusion by Macready, according to Oxberry[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=yggJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=The+Village+Lawyer+by+Macready&source=bl&ots=xXP12soUkH&sig=LQ7JGbA6hjiJiVy8nkdgTnUGsRU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r7XIU57HPMKI7AbTu4CoCA&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=The%20Village%20Lawyer%20by%20Macready&f=false]), the play is actually an adaptation of ''[[L'Avocat Pathelin]]'' by David-Augustin de Brueys (1706), the translation being attributed to either George Colman the Elder, or  Charles Lyons. De Brueys had based his own play on  ''[[La Farce de Maître Pierre Pathelin]]'' ("The Farce of Master Pierre Pathelin"), the very popular medieval farce, written by an anonymous author in 1457.
+Erroneously attributed to the William Macready in a pirated edition, and since printed as such (with tacit collusion by Macready, according to Oxberry[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=yggJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=The+Village+Lawyer+by+Macready&source=bl&ots=xXP12soUkH&sig=LQ7JGbA6hjiJiVy8nkdgTnUGsRU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r7XIU57HPMKI7AbTu4CoCA&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=The%20Village%20Lawyer%20by%20Macready&f=false]), the play is actually an adaptation of ''[[L'Avocat Pathelin]]'' by David-Augustin de Brueys (1641–1723)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David-Augustin_de_Brueys] in 1706, the translation being attributed to either George Colman the Elder, or  Charles Lyons. De Brueys had based his own play on  ''[[La Farce de Maître Pierre Pathelin]]'' ("The Farce of Master Pierre Pathelin"), the very popular medieval farce, written by an anonymous author in 1457.
 ''[[The Village Lawyer]]'' performed at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, 28 August 1787.

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−	''[[The Village Lawyer]]'' is a farce, in two acts. Generally attributed to William Macready, the Elder (or, in the case of [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928) to "Mrs Macready").	+	''[[The Village Lawyer]]'' is a farce, in two acts. Generally attributed to William Macready, the Elder (or, in the case of [[F.C.L. Bosman]],1928, to "Mrs Macready").

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