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All at Coventry, or Love and Laugh]]'' is a farce in two acts by William G. Thomas Moncrieff with music by G.W. Reeve.  
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''[[All at Coventry, or Love and Laugh]]'' is a farce in two acts by W.G.T. Moncrieff (William G. Thomas Moncrieff 1794–1857)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Moncrieff], with music by G.W. Reeve.  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
  
Written in 1811, when the author was apparently a boy, and performed at the Olympic New Theatre in 1816. Published as a "farcical entertainment" by J. Phillips, London.
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Written in 1811, when the author was apparently a boy of 17, and performed at the Olympic New Theatre in 1816. Published as a "farcical entertainment" by J. Phillips, London.
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
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1835: Performed by the [[Private Amateur Company]] in [[The African Theatre]], Cape Town, as afterpiece to ''[[Ivanhoe, or The Knight Templar]]'' (Scott/Farley)
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
Facsimile version of the first edition, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nlRgAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=All+at+Coventry,+or+Love+and+Laugh&source=bl&ots=IX4z4mG_mf&sig=lVlQCnWzsZx16r0PmbApSrRgkXQ&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX2JLr-_TPAhVJFMAKHR0fDgMQ6AEIGTAA#v=onepage&q=All%20at%20Coventry%2C%20or%20Love%20and%20Laugh&f=false]
 
Facsimile version of the first edition, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nlRgAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=All+at+Coventry,+or+Love+and+Laugh&source=bl&ots=IX4z4mG_mf&sig=lVlQCnWzsZx16r0PmbApSrRgkXQ&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX2JLr-_TPAhVJFMAKHR0fDgMQ6AEIGTAA#v=onepage&q=All%20at%20Coventry%2C%20or%20Love%20and%20Laugh&f=false]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Moncrieff
  
 
[[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. 206,  
 
[[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. 206,  

Latest revision as of 06:57, 29 October 2016

All at Coventry, or Love and Laugh is a farce in two acts by W.G.T. Moncrieff (William G. Thomas Moncrieff 1794–1857)[1], with music by G.W. Reeve.

The original text

Written in 1811, when the author was apparently a boy of 17, and performed at the Olympic New Theatre in 1816. Published as a "farcical entertainment" by J. Phillips, London.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1835: Performed by the Private Amateur Company in The African Theatre, Cape Town, as afterpiece to Ivanhoe, or The Knight Templar (Scott/Farley)

Sources

Facsimile version of the first edition, Google E-book[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Moncrieff

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 206,

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