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''[[The Fashionable Lover]]'' is comedy by Richard Cumberland (1732 – 1811)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cumberland_(dramatist)].  
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''[[The Fashionable Lover]]'' is an English  comedy by Richard Cumberland (1732 – 1811)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cumberland_(dramatist)].  
  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
A sentimental comedy about the adventures of a young ward fleeing the attentions of a villainous Lord, it was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in January 1772, and published by W.Griffin in the same year.  
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A sentimental comedy about the adventures of a young ward fleeing the attentions of a villainous lord, it was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in January 1772, and published by W.Griffin in the same year.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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1827: Performed in English by [[Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense]] on 12 June, with a farce billed as ''[[Botheration, or A Ten Year's Blunder|Botheration, or Ten Years' Blunder]]'' (Oulton).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fashionable_Lover
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fashionable_Lover
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cumberland_(dramatist)
  
 
[[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. 298
 
[[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. 298

Latest revision as of 05:42, 5 September 2016

The Fashionable Lover is an English comedy by Richard Cumberland (1732 – 1811)[1].


The original text

A sentimental comedy about the adventures of a young ward fleeing the attentions of a villainous lord, it was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in January 1772, and published by W.Griffin in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1827: Performed in English by Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense on 12 June, with a farce billed as Botheration, or Ten Years' Blunder (Oulton).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fashionable_Lover

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cumberland_(dramatist)

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 298

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