Difference between revisions of "Charles II, or The Wags of Wapping"

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Ballet of The Wags of Wapping', at Drury-Lane Theatre, from The Illustrated London News, 21st November 1846.
 
 
 
The comedy ''[[Charles the Second, or The Merry Monarch]]'' by John Howard Payne (1791-1852) opened in Covent Garden on May 27th 1824, with Charles Kemble as the king.
 
 
 
Betty, a French Ballet  version of the comedy Charles the Second by M. Mazilier, first produced in Paris at the Academie Royale de Musique, as a vehicle for the dancer Sophie Fuoco,  was brought to London as a “grand Ballet” , the  re-production now called ''[[The Wags of Wapping]]'' (Since the title "Betty" did not work in English) and first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre on 16 November, 1846.
 
 
 
''The Illustrated London News'', Volume 9 , p. November 1, 1846: p325[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=W9FCAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA325&lpg=PA325&dq='The+Wags+of+Wapping&source=bl&ots=GxTKjx0K5w&sig=bO_fkW8MGzsHciqbwd7_nIbybjQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjggbWAscDaAhUrLMAKHbXfDyoQ6AEIXDAN#v=onepage&q='The%20Wags%20of%20Wapping&f=false]
 
 
 
''The Theatrical times'', 1847: p. 208[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=euEIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq='The+Wags+of+Wapping&source=bl&ots=_l6BGbSaMD&sig=hG0de6ohGp3AvaAs-3vzZ3b8JAM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjggbWAscDaAhUrLMAKHbXfDyoQ6AEIXjAO#v=onepage&q='The%20Wags%20of%20Wapping&f=false]
 
 
 
Facsimile version of the 1846 edition by William Taylor, ''The Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/details/charlessecondorm00payn]
 

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