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− | ''[[Nine Points of the Law]]'' is a | + | ''[[Nine Points of the Law]]'' is a comedietta in one act by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Taylor]. |
In his index, [[F.C.L. Bosman]] lists the play as '''''[[Nine Points to the Law]]'''''. | In his index, [[F.C.L. Bosman]] lists the play as '''''[[Nine Points to the Law]]'''''. | ||
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==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
− | + | According to a note in the original 1859 publication, the original idea for the play was taken from the novelette ''Clover Cottage'' by M.W. Savage (Marmion Wilme Savage, 1803-1872)[]. The novelette was published in 1856 under the title ''Clover cottage, or I can't get in''. | |
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+ | Taylor's play was first performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, on 11 April, 1859 and published by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in the same year (as Volume 40 of Lacy's Acting Edition). | ||
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+ | The text later also published by H. Hartung as Issue 69 of Modern English Comic Theatre (1863) and by [[Samuel French]] as Issue 680 of 19th century British drama (ca. 1890). | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
+ | Facsimile version of the 1856 first edition of the novelette ''Clover Cottage''[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t0tq5v83r&view=1up&seq=5] | ||
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+ | Facsimile version of the 1859 first edition of the play '' Nine Points of the Law''[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112075005659&view=1up&seq=1] | ||
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+ | "Online Books by Tom Taylor", [[The Online Books Page]][https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Taylor%2C%20Tom%2C%201817%2D1880] | ||
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+ | https://www.worldcat.org/title/nine-points-of-the-law-an-original-comedietta-in-one-act/oclc/5038722 | ||
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Nine_Points_of_the_Law.html?id=k4jDwgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y | https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Nine_Points_of_the_Law.html?id=k4jDwgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y |
Latest revision as of 06:05, 6 November 2020
Nine Points of the Law is a comedietta in one act by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[1].
In his index, F.C.L. Bosman lists the play as Nine Points to the Law.
Contents
The original text
According to a note in the original 1859 publication, the original idea for the play was taken from the novelette Clover Cottage by M.W. Savage (Marmion Wilme Savage, 1803-1872)[]. The novelette was published in 1856 under the title Clover cottage, or I can't get in.
Taylor's play was first performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, on 11 April, 1859 and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in the same year (as Volume 40 of Lacy's Acting Edition).
The text later also published by H. Hartung as Issue 69 of Modern English Comic Theatre (1863) and by Samuel French as Issue 680 of 19th century British drama (ca. 1890).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1877: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck and company as Nine Points of the Law on 7 December, with The Chimney Corner (Craven)
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1856 first edition of the novelette Clover Cottage[2]
Facsimile version of the 1859 first edition of the play Nine Points of the Law[3]
"Online Books by Tom Taylor", The Online Books Page[4]
https://www.worldcat.org/title/nine-points-of-the-law-an-original-comedietta-in-one-act/oclc/5038722
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Nine_Points_of_the_Law.html?id=k4jDwgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Taylor
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.322, 363
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