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''[[The Tragedy of Jane Shore]]'' is a five act play by Nicholas Rowe (1674 –1718)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Rowe_(writer)]. | ''[[The Tragedy of Jane Shore]]'' is a five act play by Nicholas Rowe (1674 –1718)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Rowe_(writer)]. | ||
− | Also found as ''[[Jane Shore, or The Unfortunate Favourite]]'' | + | Also found as ''[[Jane Shore, or The Unfortunate Favourite]]'' or simply ''[[Jane Shore]]'' |
== The original text == | == The original text == |
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The Tragedy of Jane Shore is a five act play by Nicholas Rowe (1674 –1718)[1].
Also found as Jane Shore, or The Unfortunate Favourite or simply Jane Shore
The original text
A play , "(W)ritten in Imitation of Shakespear's Style", first played at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, with Mrs Oldfield in the title role, in February of 1714. Published by Bernard Lintott, London, 1714.
South African performances
1831: Performed under the title Jane Shore, or The Unfortunate Favourite on 16 April by All the World's a Stage in the Roeland Street Theatre, with as afterpiece The Irish Tutor, or New Lights (Glengall).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Shore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Rowe_(writer)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: p. 215,
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