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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205 |
Revision as of 06:34, 14 August 2019
Look Before You Leap, or Wooings and Weddings is a a comedy in five acts by George William Lovell (1804-1878)[1]
Also found listed simply as Look Before You Leap.
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, on October 29, 1846. The prompt book was published by the National Acting Drama Office in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as Look Before You Leap by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 26 April, with A Devilish Good Joke, or A Night's Frolic (Higgie) and The Dear Admiral.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1846 publication by the National Acting Drama Office, HathiTrust Digital Library[2]
"Online Books by George W. Lovell", The Online Books Page[3]
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lovell,_George_William_(DNB00)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
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