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''[[The Three Clerks]]'' is a farce on two acts by William Henry Oxberry ()[].  
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''[[The Three Clerks]]'' is a farce on two acts by William Henry Oxberry (1808–1852)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Oxberry,_William_Henry_(DNB00)].  
  
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''Not to be confused by the 1857 novel by Anthony Trollope.''
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
  
Written as a sequel to ''[[My Fellow Clerk]]'' by Oxenford, and first performed in the Victoria Theatre, London and  published by J. Pattie, London, in 1838.
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Apparently written as a sequel to ''[[My Fellow Clerk]]'' (a 1835 farce in one act by John Oxenford), featuring the same character, and first performed in the Victoria Theatre, London and  published by J. Pattie, London, in 1838, featuring the author.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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1853: Performed in Grahamstown by the "[[Officers of the Garrison]]" on 11 October, with ''[[Love à la Mode]]'' (Macklin).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Oxberry,_William_Henry_(DNB00)
  
 
Facsimile version of the original published text, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=PAthAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
 
Facsimile version of the original published text, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=PAthAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]

Latest revision as of 06:27, 22 February 2017

The Three Clerks is a farce on two acts by William Henry Oxberry (1808–1852)[1].

Not to be confused by the 1857 novel by Anthony Trollope.

The original text

Apparently written as a sequel to My Fellow Clerk (a 1835 farce in one act by John Oxenford), featuring the same character, and first performed in the Victoria Theatre, London and published by J. Pattie, London, in 1838, featuring the author.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1853: Performed in Grahamstown by the "Officers of the Garrison" on 11 October, with Love à la Mode (Macklin).

Sources

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Oxberry,_William_Henry_(DNB00)

Facsimile version of the original published text, Google E-book[2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp.

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