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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
6 July 1812: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], with ''[[Speed the Plough]]'' (Th. Morton).
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6 July 1812: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[Speed the Plough]]'' (Th. Morton).
  
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14 September 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Point of Honour]]'' (Kemble).
  
23 July 1831: Performed in Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]], with ''[[Richard III|Richard the Third, or The Battle of Bosworth Field]]''
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4 October 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Poor Gentleman]]'' (Colman Jr).
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23 July 1831: Performed in Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[Richard III|Richard the Third, or The Battle of Bosworth Field]]''
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:18, 15 July 2014

Subtitled The Happy African. A farce in two acts by William MacReady (?1755-1829). First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in 1792.Published 1793.



Performance history in South Africa

6 July 1812: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to Speed the Plough (Th. Morton).

14 September 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to The Point of Honour (Kemble).

4 October 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to The Poor Gentleman (Colman Jr).

23 July 1831: Performed in Cape Town by All the World's a Stage in the Cape Town Theatre, as afterpiece to Richard the Third, or The Battle of Bosworth Field

Translations and adaptations

Sources

Oxford Dictionary of British History: William Macready[1]

Free online E-Book, Google Books[2]

Bosman, 1928: pp. 216

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