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| − | ''[[Make your Wills]]'' is light comedy by Henry Mayhew (1812–1887)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Mayhew] and G. Smith (fl.1830-1840)[].
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | First performed in London at the Haymarket on 14 July 1836 and published the same year by Cumberland (Vol. xxxv) and Lacy (Vol. lix).
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1842: Performed in Cape Town on 9 June in the [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players]] alongside ''[[Love, Law and Physic]]'' (Kenney) and ''[[Love in Humble Life]]'' (Payne).
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| − | 1859: Performed in Simon's Town by the [[amateur]]s of "the [[Royal Naval Theatre of the H.M.S. Megaera]]" in the [[Simon's Town Theatre]] on 28 March, along with a scene from ''[[Macbeth]]'' (performed "in character" by [[Captain Nightingale]]), ''[[Fish out of Water]]'' (Lunn) and ''[[The Thumping Legacy]]'' (Morton)
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| − | == Sources ==
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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.165
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| − | Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p.344[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=gnc3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA344&lpg=PA344&dq=Henry+Mayhew+and+Smith+make+your+Wills&source=bl&ots=kdlSOqw95E&sig=ACfU3U0Y4LQssSKhXwxlaCbbjeYbxcyegA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNx8vRnrzmAhU9ShUIHTuXBbUQ6AEwAHoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Mayhew%20and%20Smith%20make%20your%20Wills&f=false]
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