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| − | ''[[Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring]]'' is a three-act comedy by Theodore Edward Hook (1788-1841).
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| − | Also referred to simply as ''[[Exchange No Robbery]]'' in later editions.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | The play's central incident is based on an earlier work called ''[[He Would be a Soldier]]'' by Frederick Pilon.
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| − | Performed for the first time on August 12, 1820, at The Theatre Royal, Haymarket and published by Wright in 1820.
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| − | Later also performed at the Theatres Royal at Covent Garden and at Drury Lane, and published as ''[[Exchange No Robbery]]'' with explanatory notes by John Cumberland in 1825.
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| − | == Performances in South Africa ==
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| − | 1825: Produced in Cape Town as ''[[Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring]]'' by the [[Garrison Players]] on 8 October, 1825, (along with ''[[The Midnight Hour]]'' (Dumaniant/Inchbald). The players included [[Mr Hanson]], [[Mr Troward]], [[Mr Watt]], [[Sgt Corbishley]]. [[Mr Rundle]], [[Mr St John]], [[Howell]], [[Master Canterbury]], [[Mrs Black]], [[Mrs Gouland]], [[Mr Mills]], [[Mrs O'Brien]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Entry on ''Exchange no Robbery or The Diamond Ring'' in Google Books[http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Exchange_No_Robbery_Or_The_Diamond_Ring.html?id=X04-SQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y]
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| − | Facsimile version of the 1825 London edition of the text by John Cumberland, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ywUJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=Exchange+No+Robbery;+Or,+The+Diamond+Ring&source=bl&ots=qA0B5te1IO&sig=P7XQYsOB51bqRXufj1wmlSWP5gk&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNgN339N3NAhUEDMAKHWGrADYQ6AEILDAE#v=onepage&q=Exchange%20No%20Robbery%3B%20Or%2C%20The%20Diamond%20Ring&f=false]
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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.188
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| − | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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