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| − | A comedy, in five acts by John O'Keeffe (1747 – 1833). Also called in full: ''Wild Oats, or The Strolling Gentleman''
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| − | Premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in 1791 by John O'Keefe.
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| − | Published under its full title ''Wild oats: or, the strolling gentlemen'' in Dublin; printed for the booksellers, in 1791.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 4 November 1815 by the [[Garrison Players]], as benefit for a regimental orphan. With a Prologue written by Captain [[Thomas Sheridan]].
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| − | Performed in 1818 by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] with the help of [[Mr Cooke]] and his company of ladies, in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 11 July (with ''[[Valentine and Orson]]'' by Dibdin) and a new Dance solo by Mr [[E. Garoute]]
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| − | Performed by the [[Garrison Players|Amateur Company]] as a benefit for [[Mrs Green]], in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 25 November 1823 (with ''[[Two Strings to your Bow]]'' by Jephson).
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| − | Performed under the full title of ''Wild Oats, or The Strolling Gentleman'' by [[All the World's a Stage]] as a farewell for Mr [[H. Booth]] 9 March 1833 (with ''[[The Moons's on the Lake]]'' and ''[[TRhe Spectre Bridegroom]]'' by Montcrieffe).
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Oats_(play)
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| − | http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004831923.0001.000?view=toc
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 148, 154, 225
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| − | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
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| − | == Return to ==
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| − | Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 W|W]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
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| − | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
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| − | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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