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| − | (Also known by the fuller title: ''Used Up, or The Peer and the Ploughboy'')
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| − | A petite comedy, in two acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890).
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| − | Performed at the Haymarket by by
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| − | Published in London in Dicks' Standard Plays, 1844 as a work by Dion Boucicault, but Charles Mathews influenced the play, and later claimed part authorship. Indeed a later version states it as follows: "Rather, Adapted by D. Bourcicault [sic] and Charles J. Mathews from "''L'Homme Blasé''" of F.A. Duvert and A.T. de Lauzanne de Vauxroussel.)
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| − | Originally performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Tuesday, February 6th, 1844.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | [[Sefton Parry]]'s first production at Cape Town, in which he and his wife played the leads, helped by members of the [[Garrison Players]]. Performed under the full title of ''Used Up, or The Peer and the Ploughboy'', it was accompanied by a musical interlude and the musical farce ''[[Family Jars]]'' (Lunn) as afterpiece. This was done on Wednesday 13 June 1855, in a [[Drawing Room Theatre]] which he had constructed in the [[Commercial Exchange|Commercial Rooms]] in Cape Town.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Peter Thompson: Introduction to ''Plays by Dion Boucicault''[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=iC44AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=Used+Up+Boucicault&source=bl&ots=VMO5rWBsNY&sig=gmrM9mPpJWzc-YVXoG8BfyrfTVw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nxU7Uu2bCMbg7QaB94CwDw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Used%20Up%20Boucicault&f=false]
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 428
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| − | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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| − | == Return to ==
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| − | Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 U|U]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
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