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''[[The Hundred Pound Note]]'' is a farce in two acts by Richard Brinsley Peake (1792-1847).
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''[[The Hundred Pound Note]]'' is a farce in two acts by Richard Brinsley Peake (1792-1847)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Peake].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1860: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 17 and 20 December, with  ''[[The Little Treasure]]'' (Peake). The first performance was done as a benefit for [[Mrs Delmaine]].
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1860: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 17 and 20 December, with  ''[[The Little Treasure]]'' (Harris). The first performance was done as a benefit for [[Mrs Delmaine]].
  
  
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Facsimile version of the 1828 text by Murden, Hathitrust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035137812;view=1up;seq=1]
 
Facsimile version of the 1828 text by Murden, Hathitrust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035137812;view=1up;seq=1]
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Peake
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.158
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  

Latest revision as of 05:18, 14 April 2020

The Hundred Pound Note is a farce in two acts by Richard Brinsley Peake (1792-1847)[1].

The original text

First performed in London at Covent Garden, and The Bowery, New York in 1828. Published in London by John Cumberland (1928?),and in New York by E.M. Murden, 1828.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1860: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by the Royal Alfred Dramatic Club on 17 and 20 December, with The Little Treasure (Harris). The first performance was done as a benefit for Mrs Delmaine.


Sources

Facsimile version of the 1828 text by Murden, Hathitrust Digital Library[2]

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

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.158

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