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''[[The Amorous Widow, or The Wanton Wife]]'' is a comedy by is a farce in two acts by Thomas Betterton (1635?-1710)[].
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==The original text==
 
 
 
It is an English adaptation of Moliere's ''[[George Dandin]]''. 
 
 
 
First performed under this title by Her Majesty's servants and published in London, 1710.
 
 
 
Betterton's play was itself adapted again and first performed as ''[[Barnaby Brittle, or A Wife at Her Wit's End ]]'' at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. Published under that title in London by  G. Kearsly, 1782. 
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
 
 
1817: Performed as ''[[Barnaby Brittle]]''  in the "[[The African Theatre]]" on 5 July by the [[Garrison Players]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', with [[Captain Carter]] as "Shylock".
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004861680.0001.000?view=toc
 
 
 
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8772410
 
 
 
[[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. 150,
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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