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''[[The Spare Bed, or The Shower Bath]]'' is a farce in two acts by Frederick Fox Cooper (1806-1879 - also known as '''Fox Cooper'''). | ''[[The Spare Bed, or The Shower Bath]]'' is a farce in two acts by Frederick Fox Cooper (1806-1879 - also known as '''Fox Cooper'''). | ||
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== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1853: Performed as ''[[The Spare Bed]]'' by the Port Elizabeth | + | 1853: Performed as ''[[The Spare Bed]]'' in [[The Lyceum]] by the [[Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society]] on 22 October, with selections from ''[[Henry IV]]'' and ''[[A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion|An Unwarrantable Intrusion]]'' (Morton). |
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| − | A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850, p. 273, CUP Archive/Google E-Book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=gnc3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA273&lpg=PA273&dq=The+Spare+Bed+Fox+Cooper&source=bl&ots=kckQLmAc9v&sig=wi9mCGjabd_j-cnaIwVk8-vtNto&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjm34TU6_bMAhWLJMAKHeJ4DboQ6AEINjAF#v=onepage&q=The%20Spare%20Bed%20Fox%20Cooper&f=false] | + | A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850, p. 273, CUP Archive/[[Google E-Book]][https://books.google.co.za/books?id=gnc3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA273&lpg=PA273&dq=The+Spare+Bed+Fox+Cooper&source=bl&ots=kckQLmAc9v&sig=wi9mCGjabd_j-cnaIwVk8-vtNto&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjm34TU6_bMAhWLJMAKHeJ4DboQ6AEINjAF#v=onepage&q=The%20Spare%20Bed%20Fox%20Cooper&f=false] |
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL11421160W/The_spare_bed_or_The_shower_bath | https://openlibrary.org/works/OL11421160W/The_spare_bed_or_The_shower_bath | ||
| − | Facsimile version of ''The Spare Bed, or The Shower Bath'', Google Books[http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Spare_Bed_Or_The_Shower_Bath.html?id=JBopngEACAAJ&redir_esc=y] | + | Facsimile version of ''The Spare Bed, or The Shower Bath'', [[Google Books]][http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Spare_Bed_Or_The_Shower_Bath.html?id=JBopngEACAAJ&redir_esc=y] |
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 508, | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 508, | ||
Latest revision as of 06:32, 8 June 2023
The Spare Bed, or The Shower Bath is a farce in two acts by Frederick Fox Cooper (1806-1879 - also known as Fox Cooper).
(Also referred to as The Spare Bed)
Contents
The original text
Performed at the Surrey Theatre, 7 July 1833 and the Victoria Theatre, 8 July 1833 (?). Published by J. Cumberland in 1833.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1853: Performed as The Spare Bed in The Lyceum by the Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society on 22 October, with selections from Henry IV and An Unwarrantable Intrusion (Morton).
Sources
A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850, p. 273, CUP Archive/Google E-Book[1]
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL11421160W/The_spare_bed_or_The_shower_bath
Facsimile version of The Spare Bed, or The Shower Bath, Google Books[2]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 508,
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