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1808: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 3 June, 1808, with ''[[The Old Maid ]]'' (Murphy) and and occasional comic songs, as a benefit for the Widows and Orphans of the Royal Artillery and Engineers. and an epilogue written an spoken by [[Captain Collins]]. Rather uniquely Bosman (1928, p.75) however, quotes the names of the plays from the bilingual newspaper [[The Cape Town gazette and African advertiser = Kaapsche Stads courant en Afrikaansche berigter ]] in [[Dutch]] ( as ''[[De Oude Meid]]'' [sic!], and ''[[De Liegende Knegt]]'') - but they were most probably performed in the original English. | 1808: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 3 June, 1808, with ''[[The Old Maid ]]'' (Murphy) and and occasional comic songs, as a benefit for the Widows and Orphans of the Royal Artillery and Engineers. and an epilogue written an spoken by [[Captain Collins]]. Rather uniquely Bosman (1928, p.75) however, quotes the names of the plays from the bilingual newspaper [[The Cape Town gazette and African advertiser = Kaapsche Stads courant en Afrikaansche berigter ]] in [[Dutch]] ( as ''[[De Oude Meid]]'' [sic!], and ''[[De Liegende Knegt]]'') - but they were most probably performed in the original English. | ||
| − | 1848: Performed under its full title on 20 March by the [[Dalle Case Company]] in the [[Hope Street Theatre]], with a "Great Intermezzo of music and dance", and the comic ballet ''[[The Family of Pierrotts]]'' (Anon.). | + | 1848: Performed under its full title (''[[The Lying Valet, or The Masters Deceived]]'') on 20 March by the [[Dalle Case Company]] in the [[Hope Street Theatre]], with a "Great Intermezzo of music and dance", and the comic ballet ''[[The Family of Pierrotts]]'' (Anon.). |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 09:21, 5 May 2015
A farce in two acts by David Garrick (1717 – 1779).
It also appears with a subtitle as: The Lying Valet, or The Masters Deceived
Contents
The original text
Apparently based on the second act of All Without Money by Peter Antony Motteux, which was in turn inspired by a French play. It was first performed "gratis" at the Goodman's Fields Theatre on 30 November 1741, then removed to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1742.
Printed for and sold by Paul Vaillant and J. Roberts,1742. Published in the USA by Charles Wiley, 1824
Performance history in South Africa
1808: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 3 June, 1808, with The Old Maid (Murphy) and and occasional comic songs, as a benefit for the Widows and Orphans of the Royal Artillery and Engineers. and an epilogue written an spoken by Captain Collins. Rather uniquely Bosman (1928, p.75) however, quotes the names of the plays from the bilingual newspaper The Cape Town gazette and African advertiser = Kaapsche Stads courant en Afrikaansche berigter in Dutch ( as De Oude Meid [sic!], and De Liegende Knegt) - but they were most probably performed in the original English.
1848: Performed under its full title (The Lying Valet, or The Masters Deceived) on 20 March by the Dalle Case Company in the Hope Street Theatre, with a "Great Intermezzo of music and dance", and the comic ballet The Family of Pierrotts (Anon.).
Translations and adaptations
According to Bosman (1928 p. 455) a Dutch version of a two act comedy by Garrick called De Logen om Best Wil was performed by Tot Oefening en Vermaak in the Hope Street Theatre, Cape Town in the Dutch translation on 30 October 1849, along with Zoë, of De Zegepraal eener Standvastige Liefde, with as "divertissement", an original sentimental song (Geene Bandieten) by an unnamed South African, and a "comic dance".
However the title has no meaning in Dutch and is clearly a misspelling. The translation was most probably entitled De Leugen om Bestwil (approx. "The well intentioned lie").
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lying_Valet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Garrick
Original text from 1742, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Text Creation Partnership[1]
Facsimile of the 1824 American edition by Wiley (Google eBook)[2]
Bosman, 1928: pp. 75,
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