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| − | ''[[Love Laughs at Locksmiths]]'' is a musical farce by George Colman the Younger (1762-1836)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Younger]. | + | ''[[Love Laughs at Locksmiths]]'' is a musical farce in two acts by George Colman the Younger (1762-1836)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Younger]. |
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William J. Burling. 2000. Summer Theatre in London, 1661-1820, and the Rise of the Haymarket Theatre. Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityPress: p.224[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=JZXg-dUpB8gC&pg=PA224&lpg=PA224&dq=Love+Laughs+at+Locksmiths&source=bl&ots=l7TGfieyb-&sig=zsObtMZgH1RivOf7x6BjP0r3bAY&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwicvpDai5XNAhVLJMAKHeKDBZ84ChDoAQgfMAE#v=onepage&q=Love%20Laughs%20at%20Locksmiths&f=false] | William J. Burling. 2000. Summer Theatre in London, 1661-1820, and the Rise of the Haymarket Theatre. Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityPress: p.224[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=JZXg-dUpB8gC&pg=PA224&lpg=PA224&dq=Love+Laughs+at+Locksmiths&source=bl&ots=l7TGfieyb-&sig=zsObtMZgH1RivOf7x6BjP0r3bAY&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwicvpDai5XNAhVLJMAKHeKDBZ84ChDoAQgfMAE#v=onepage&q=Love%20Laughs%20at%20Locksmiths&f=false] | ||
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Revision as of 06:48, 7 June 2016
Love Laughs at Locksmiths is a musical farce in two acts by George Colman the Younger (1762-1836)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed as a "comic opera" in two acts in London in July 1803 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, with an overture and music composed and selected by Michael Kelly. Text printed by T. Woodroof, 1803.
Performance history in South Africa
Performed in May 1827 in Cape Town by the Garrison Amateur Company in the African Theatre, with Speed the Plough (Thomas Morton).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
William J. Burling. 2000. Summer Theatre in London, 1661-1820, and the Rise of the Haymarket Theatre. Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityPress: p.224[2]
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8402856
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Younger
Bosman, 1928: pp.191
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