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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 21 October, 1823, with ''[[The Apprentice]]'' (Murphy), as a Benefit for [[J. Corbishly]]. | + | 1823: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 21 October, 1823, with ''[[The Apprentice]]'' (Murphy), as a Benefit for [[J. Corbishly]]. |
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| + | 1854: Performed by the Port Elizabeth Amateurs in the "new Theatre" on Friday 7 July with ''[[A Thumping Legacy]]'' (Morton). | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 10:45, 24 April 2014
by Thomas Holcroft (1745 – 1809). His his most successful play, it was produced produced, at Covent Garden in 1792. A revival in 1873 ran for 118 nights.
Performance history in South Africa
1823: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 21 October, 1823, with The Apprentice (Murphy), as a Benefit for J. Corbishly.
1854: Performed by the Port Elizabeth Amateurs in the "new Theatre" on Friday 7 July with A Thumping Legacy (Morton).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Bosman, 1928: pp. 185
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Holcroft
http://www.bartleby.com/221/1212.html
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