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''[[A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion]]'' is a comic interlude in one act by J.M. Morton (1811–1891) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton]. | ''[[A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion]]'' is a comic interlude in one act by J.M. Morton (1811–1891) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton]. | ||
| − | (Also referred to simply as ''[[An Unwarrantable Intrusion]]'') | + | (Also referred to simply as '''''[[An Unwarrantable Intrusion]]''''') |
== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
| − | First performed and published in | + | First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London in 1849, and published in London in the same year. |
| + | Also published in Boston by W.V. Spencer in the 1860s | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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| + | Facsimile version of the 1860 edition by Spencer, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035140527&view=1up&seq=3] | ||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton | ||
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| + | https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=ha012436030 | ||
[[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. 508 | [[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. 508 | ||
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| + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.145, 188 | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:56, 9 July 2021
A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion is a comic interlude in one act by J.M. Morton (1811–1891) [1].
(Also referred to simply as An Unwarrantable Intrusion)
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London in 1849, and published in London in the same year. Also published in Boston by W.V. Spencer in the 1860s
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1853: Performed as An Unwarrantable Intrusion in The Lyceum by the Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society on 22 October, with selections from Henry IV and The Spare Bed (Cooper).
1859: Performed as An Unwarrantable Intrusion on 28 July in the Harrington Street Theatre by the Cape Town Dramatic Club, with To Oblige Benson (Lemoine-Moreau and Delacour/Taylor) and My First Fit of the Gout (Morton).
1863: In a bleak theatrical year, a single performance of An Unwarrantable Intrusion was presented in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 2 November by a company consisting of the young tragedian Samuel Wolfe, Mr Bowmer and Madame Bowmer (the latter two often referred to collectively as "The Bowmers"). Also performed was A Pair of Pigeons (Stirling).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1860 edition by Spencer, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=ha012436030
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 508
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.145, 188
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