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An English farce in two acts by Samson Penley, based on a story by Giovanni Boccaccio. The first edition announces it as follows: "As Performed with distinguished Applause at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. By S.Penley, Comedian. , London: Richard White, 1818." 
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''[[The Sleeping Draught]]'' is an English farce in two acts by Samson Penley.  
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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(Referred to as a one-act farce in some sources.)
  
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Performed by the group called the [[English Theatricals]] in Cape Town on 20 September 1823, as afterpiece to ''[[Douglas]]'' (Home).
 
  
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1832: Performed by [[All the World's a Stage]] in Cape Town on 30 January,  along with ''[[The Iron Chest, or The Blood-Stained Knife]]'' (Colman) and ''[[The Lawyer in the Sack, or Jack's Return!!!]]'' (a "ballet with dance").
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== The original text ==
  
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Performed by [[All the World's a Stage]] in Cape Town on 30 January, 1832, (with the alternative title of ''A Calf to be Killed!!!''), as afterpiece to ''[[Bertram, or The Castle of St. Aldobrand]]'' (Maturin).
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Based on a story by Giovanni Boccaccio, it was first performed (possibly in a one act version) in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane on 1 April 1818, and published - as a two act farce - in London by Richard White and T. Searle in 1818 and Baltimore by J. Robinson, in the same year.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1823: Performed by the group called the [[English Theatricals]] in Cape Town on 20 September, as afterpiece to ''[[Douglas]]'' (Home).
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1832: Performed by [[All the World's a Stage]] in Cape Town on 30 January,  along with ''[[The Iron Chest, or The Blood-Stained Knife]]'' (Colman) and ''[[The Lawyer in the Sack, or Jack's Return!!!]]'' (a "ballet with dancing").
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1833: Performed as ''[[The Sleeping Draught, or A Calf to be Killed!!!]]'' by [[All the World's a Stage]] in Cape Town on 30 March, as afterpiece to ''[[Bertram, or The Castle of St. Aldobrand]]'' (Maturin).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
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Frontispiece to the first edition of ''The Sleeping Draught'' (1818), sourced from ''UKBookWorld.com'' [http://ukbookworld.com/book-details/bristow/1048/penley-the-sleeping-draught-farce-two-acts-performed-with-distinguished-applause-the-theatre-royal-d]
 
  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp 197, 222, 225  
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Facsimile version of the 1818 edition, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=-wREAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=af&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=128
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http://www.worldcat.org/title/sleeping-draught-a-farce-in-two-acts/oclc/26228337
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[[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.197, 222, 225  
  
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Latest revision as of 06:40, 20 June 2017

The Sleeping Draught is an English farce in two acts by Samson Penley.

(Referred to as a one-act farce in some sources.)


The original text

Based on a story by Giovanni Boccaccio, it was first performed (possibly in a one act version) in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane on 1 April 1818, and published - as a two act farce - in London by Richard White and T. Searle in 1818 and Baltimore by J. Robinson, in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1823: Performed by the group called the English Theatricals in Cape Town on 20 September, as afterpiece to Douglas (Home).

1832: Performed by All the World's a Stage in Cape Town on 30 January, along with The Iron Chest, or The Blood-Stained Knife (Colman) and The Lawyer in the Sack, or Jack's Return!!! (a "ballet with dancing").

1833: Performed as The Sleeping Draught, or A Calf to be Killed!!! by All the World's a Stage in Cape Town on 30 March, as afterpiece to Bertram, or The Castle of St. Aldobrand (Maturin).

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1818 edition, Google E-book[1]

http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=128

http://www.worldcat.org/title/sleeping-draught-a-farce-in-two-acts/oclc/26228337

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.197, 222, 225

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