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''[[The Battle of Hexham]]'' is a three-act historical musical comedy by George Colman
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#REDIRECT[[The Battle of Hexham, or Days of Old]]
 
 
==The original text==
 
 
 
There was an earlier play by this name, written by one Barnabe Barnes (1607), but the manuscript appears to have been lost (see the ''Lost Plays Database''[https://www.lostplays.org/lpd/Battle_of_Hexham]).
 
 
 
Colman's play was entitled ''[[The Battle of Hexham, or Days of Old]]'' and opened at the Haymarket Theatre on 11 August 1789, running for 20 performances and was frequently revived afterwards.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1818: Performed by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] ([[Garrison Players]]) with the help of [[Mr Cooke]] and his company of ladies, in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 10 October, with ''[[The Jew and the Doctor]]'' (Dibdin).
 
 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
''Lost Plays Database'' (https://www.lostplays.org/lpd/Battle_of_Hexham).
 
 
 
[[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. 155
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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