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''Not to be confused with '''[[Speed-the-Plow]]''', a 1988 play by David Mamet''  
 
''Not to be confused with '''[[Speed-the-Plow]]''', a 1988 play by David Mamet''  
 
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
 
  
 
First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden on 8 Feb. 1798, it was acted forty-one times, and often revived.   
 
First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden on 8 Feb. 1798, it was acted forty-one times, and often revived.   
  
 
The play introduced the fictional (off-stage) English character of "Mrs Grundy", who typifies the censorship enacted in everyday life by conventional opinion. The term  soon passed into everyday English speech as a criterion of rigid respectability, especially in contexts in which free expression is impeded by excessive purity.
 
The play introduced the fictional (off-stage) English character of "Mrs Grundy", who typifies the censorship enacted in everyday life by conventional opinion. The term  soon passed into everyday English speech as a criterion of rigid respectability, especially in contexts in which free expression is impeded by excessive purity.
 
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1818: Performed in Cape Town on 7 February by the [[English Theatricals]] company (former [[Garrison Players]]) in the [[African Theatre]] , with ''[[The Spoiled Child]]'' (Bickerstaffe).
 
1818: Performed in Cape Town on 7 February by the [[English Theatricals]] company (former [[Garrison Players]]) in the [[African Theatre]] , with ''[[The Spoiled Child]]'' (Bickerstaffe).
  
1822: Performed in Cape Town on 2 November by the [[Amateur Company]] company ([[Garrison Players]]) in the [[African Theatre]], with ''[[Tom Thumb]]'' (Fielding). ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]'' (Allingham).
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1822: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town, on 2 November by the [[Garrison Players]] with the "[[burletta]]" of ''[[Tom Thumb]]'' (Fielding) as afterpiece.
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1822: Performed in Cape Town on 7 December by the [[Amateur Company]] company ([[Garrison Players]]) in the [[African Theatre]], with ''[[The Soldier's Daughter]]'' (Cherry) and ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]'' (Allingham) as afterpiece.  
  
 
1826: Performed in Cape Town on 2 September by the ([[Garrison Players]]) in the [[African Theatre]], with ''[[Sharp and Flat]]'' (Lawler), as a benefit for [[Mrs Johnson]].
 
1826: Performed in Cape Town on 2 September by the ([[Garrison Players]]) in the [[African Theatre]], with ''[[Sharp and Flat]]'' (Lawler), as a benefit for [[Mrs Johnson]].
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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/559155/Speed-the-Plough
 
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/559155/Speed-the-Plough
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp.147, 153, 191   
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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. 143, 147, 153, 189, 191   
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:45, 23 June 2017

Speed the Plough is a comedy, in five acts by Thomas Morton (1764-1838)[1].

Not to be confused with Speed-the-Plow, a 1988 play by David Mamet

The original text

First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden on 8 Feb. 1798, it was acted forty-one times, and often revived.

The play introduced the fictional (off-stage) English character of "Mrs Grundy", who typifies the censorship enacted in everyday life by conventional opinion. The term soon passed into everyday English speech as a criterion of rigid respectability, especially in contexts in which free expression is impeded by excessive purity.

Performance history in South Africa

1812: Performed in Cape Town on 6 July by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, with The Irishman in London (Macready), with Lt Prescott and Lt Hanson listed as Directors for the evening.

1815: Performed in Cape Town on 23 September by the English Theatricals company (former Garrison Players) in the African Theatre, with The Prize, or 2,5,3,8, (Hoare).

1818: Performed in Cape Town on 7 February by the English Theatricals company (former Garrison Players) in the African Theatre , with The Spoiled Child (Bickerstaffe).

1822: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town, on 2 November by the Garrison Players with the "burletta" of Tom Thumb (Fielding) as afterpiece.

1822: Performed in Cape Town on 7 December by the Amateur Company company (Garrison Players) in the African Theatre, with The Soldier's Daughter (Cherry) and Fortune's Frolic (Allingham) as afterpiece.

1826: Performed in Cape Town on 2 September by the (Garrison Players) in the African Theatre, with Sharp and Flat (Lawler), as a benefit for Mrs Johnson.

1827: Performed in Cape Town in May by the (Garrison Amateur Company) in the African Theatre, with the musical farce Love Laughs at Locksmiths (Colman Jr).

Translations and adaptations

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(playwright)

http://writersinspire.org/content/speed-plough-comedy-five-acts-performed-universal-applause-theatre-royal-covent-garden

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/559155/Speed-the-Plough

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 143, 147, 153, 189, 191

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