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| − | ''[[The Battle of Hexham]]'' is a three-act historical musical comedy by George Colman
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | 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]).
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| − | 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. Published in 1808 by Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 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).
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | ''Lost Plays Database'' (https://www.lostplays.org/lpd/Battle_of_Hexham).
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| − | Facsimile version of the 1808 text of Colman's play , ''[[The Battle of Hexham, or Days of Old]]'' - Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=RwdXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=The+Battle+of+Hexham+Colman&source=bl&ots=4ohimpJOtW&sig=ztH7RKRgwRNSDoLfJXNC428pgrw&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVgJ7Gm9HMAhXEJMAKHVUOCA4Q6AEIQDAG#v=onepage&q=The%20Battle%20of%20Hexham%20Colman&f=false]
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| − | [[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
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