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| − | Full title ''[[The London Merchant, or The History of George Barnwell]]''. A tragedy by George Lillo.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | Originally billed as ''[[The Merchant; or the True History of George Barnwell]]'', it was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London on June 21st, 1731. It was his most famous play and would become one of the most popular plays of the 18th and early 19th centuries, and is still produced.
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| − | A number of 19th century books on the character appeared, all referring to him as an "apprentice".
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| − | ''The pathetic and interesting history of George Barnwell, the London 'prentice : founded on facts'' by Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson. Published in London [ca. 1804]
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| − | ''The pathetic history of George Barnwell, the London apprentice'' by Robert Cruikshank, , 1789-1856.
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| − | Published: (1824)
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| − | ''The life of George Barnwell; or, The London apprentice of the last century'' by Edward Lytton Blanchard, published in London by Thomas White in 1830.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1830: Performed in Cape Town, South Africa by [[All the World's a Stage]] on 4 September under the title ''[[George Barnwell, or The London Apprentice]]'', with ''[[Doctor Bolus]]'' (Daniel) as afterpiece.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://www.umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/london_map/merchant_main.html
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_London_Merchant
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1828: p 215
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| − | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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