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| − | An original farce, in one act, by Edward Stirling (1807-1894)
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | The title of this late play by Stirling appears to have its origins in an early Stirling farce (''[[A Figure of Fun or, An Evening at Richmond]]'', 1821), and was written in a response to the "Bloomer costume" of the 1850s, consisting of a full jacket with full baggy Turkish-style pants gathered by elastic bands a little above the ankle, which had been popularized by Mrs Amelia Bloomer.
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| − | First performed at the Punch's Playhouse and Strand Theatre on September 22nd, 1851, and first published in London by S.G. Fairbrother in 1851/1852.
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| − | Apparently Stirling's play was called ''[[The Bloomer Costume or, The Figure of Fun]]'' in America, and - according to one source[http://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/486984] this was published by W. Taylor in New York in 1850, though elsewhere no date is given, so presumably it was actually only published after the first production in London.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/486984#sthash.VBmD2Skb.dpuf
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| − | ''A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850'', CUP Archive[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=gnc3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA396&lpg=PA396&dq=A+figure+of+Fun++Stirling&source=bl&ots=kcgVSmA51v&sig=hpja4yH-XZlMaF6WiB9PGRzToUs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ug87Ve_8E5PU7AaxmYCABA&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=A%20figure%20of%20Fun%20%20Stirling&f=false]
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| − | http://histclo.com/style/casual/bloomer.html
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| − | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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