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== Performances in South Africa == | == Performances in South Africa == | ||
| − | Presented in Cape Town, in South Africa under by the [[English Theatricals]] in the [[African Theatre]] 22 May 1824, as afterpiece to ''[[The Mountaineers]]'' (Colman). Repeated on 12 June 1824, as afterpiece to ''[[Lovers' Vows]]'' (Inchbald/Kotzebue) | + | 1824: Presented in Cape Town, in South Africa under by the [[English Theatricals]] in the [[African Theatre]] 22 May 1824, as afterpiece to ''[[The Mountaineers]]'' (Colman). Repeated on 12 June 1824, as afterpiece to ''[[Lovers' Vows]]'' (Inchbald/Kotzebue) |
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| + | 1838: Performed on 2 April by the [[27th Enniskillen Regiment]] (see [[Garrison Players]]) in "The Theatre, New Barracks" (see [[Barracks Theatre]]) with ''[[The Rivals]]'' (Sheridan). | ||
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A farce in two acts by David Garrick (1717 – 1779) The plot in part derived from of Le Mariage forcé by Molière. First staged at Drury Lane Theatre on 23 October 1772. First publishedin 1772, for T. Becket.
Performances in South Africa
1824: Presented in Cape Town, in South Africa under by the English Theatricals in the African Theatre 22 May 1824, as afterpiece to The Mountaineers (Colman). Repeated on 12 June 1824, as afterpiece to Lovers' Vows (Inchbald/Kotzebue)
1838: Performed on 2 April by the 27th Enniskillen Regiment (see Garrison Players) in "The Theatre, New Barracks" (see Barracks Theatre) with The Rivals (Sheridan).
Sources
http://projects.chass.utoronto.ca/prescrip/18thcComedy/plays/64_gar_irish.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Irish_Widow
Bosman, 1928: pp 198-199,
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