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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 Saturday 26 September 1807, with ''[[Abroad and at Home]]'' (Holman), and an epilogue written and spoken by [[Captain Collins]]. | + | 1807: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on Saturday 26 September 1807, with ''[[Abroad and at Home]]'' (Holman), and an epilogue written and spoken by [[Captain Collins]]. |
| − | Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 15 June, 1811, with ''[[All the World's a Stage]]'' (Jackman). | + | 1811: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 15 June, 1811, with ''[[All the World's a Stage]]'' (Jackman). |
| − | Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 10 July, 1811, with ''[[The Heir at Law]]'' (Colman Jr). | + | 1811: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 10 July, 1811, with ''[[The Heir at Law]]'' (Colman Jr). |
| − | Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 12 October, 1812, with ''[[The Birthday, or the Prince of Arragon|The Birth Day]]'' (O'Keeffe) and ''[[Silvester Daggerwood]]'' (Colman Jr). | + | 1812: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 12 October, 1812, with ''[[The Birthday, or the Prince of Arragon|The Birth Day]]'' (O'Keeffe) and ''[[Silvester Daggerwood]]'' (Colman Jr). |
| − | Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] on 1 May 1830, with ''[[The Weathercock]]'' (Forrest), as a Benefit for [[Mr White]], the Professor of Music, an event which also included a musical concert as interlude. The advert in the [[South African Commercial Advertiser]] (1 May 1830) mistakenly claims that Murphy's "admired farce...[has].. never ..[been]..performed here". | + | 1830: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] on 1 May 1830, with ''[[The Weathercock]]'' (Forrest), as a Benefit for [[Mr White]], the Professor of Music, an event which also included a musical concert as interlude. The advert in the [[South African Commercial Advertiser]] (1 May 1830) mistakenly claims that Murphy's "admired farce...[has].. never ..[been]..performed here". |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 17:41, 19 April 2015
by Arthur Murphy. A farce in two acts, first performed performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden in 1761.
Originally offered in a three-act version, it was revised into a shorter, two-act version in 1762 and this version was then printed. The source for the play was a contemporary French play,
First published: 1763, for G. Kearsly [etc.]
Performance history in South Africa
1807: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on Saturday 26 September 1807, with Abroad and at Home (Holman), and an epilogue written and spoken by Captain Collins.
1811: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 15 June, 1811, with All the World's a Stage (Jackman).
1811: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 10 July, 1811, with The Heir at Law (Colman Jr).
1812: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 12 October, 1812, with The Birth Day (O'Keeffe) and Silvester Daggerwood (Colman Jr).
1830: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the English Theatrical Amateur Company on 1 May 1830, with The Weathercock (Forrest), as a Benefit for Mr White, the Professor of Music, an event which also included a musical concert as interlude. The advert in the South African Commercial Advertiser (1 May 1830) mistakenly claims that Murphy's "admired farce...[has].. never ..[been]..performed here".
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=ha009561078
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/citizen.-farce-as-it-is-performed/id483401340?mt=11
http://projects.chass.utoronto.ca/prescrip/18thcComedy/plays/76_murp_citizen.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Murphy_(writer)
Bosman, 1928: pp. 73,
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