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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
First performed in London in 1857, and published by [[Samuel French]] (as Issue 374 of French's standard drama: Acting edition) in the same year.  
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First performed in London on 5 November, 1857, and published by [[Samuel French]] (as Issue 374 of French's standard drama: Acting edition) in the same year.
 
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
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1878: Performed as ''[[An Unequal Match]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 10 July, with  ''[[Perfection]]'' (Bayly). The evening a benefit for [[Constance Young]].
1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on  
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cause-of-humanity-and-other-stories/an-unequal-match/F76D15AD19A717FA72F9DB0D8C9F37B5
 
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cause-of-humanity-and-other-stories/an-unequal-match/F76D15AD19A717FA72F9DB0D8C9F37B5
  
[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.370
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 05:33, 9 July 2021

An Unequal Match is a comedy in three acts by Tom Taylor (1817–1880)[1]

The original text

First performed in London on 5 November, 1857, and published by Samuel French (as Issue 374 of French's standard drama: Acting edition) in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1878: Performed as An Unequal Match by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 10 July, with Perfection (Bayly). The evening a benefit for Constance Young.

Sources

Facsimile version of the original Samuel French text, Google E-book[2]

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cause-of-humanity-and-other-stories/an-unequal-match/F76D15AD19A717FA72F9DB0D8C9F37B5

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.370

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