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| − | + | ''[[Laugh When You Can]]'' is a comedy in five acts by Frederick Reynolds (1764–1841)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Reynolds]. | |
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Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden in 1799. | Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden in 1799. | ||
Published by Longman in 1799. New edition, 1802 | Published by Longman in 1799. New edition, 1802 | ||
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1817: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 11 October, with ''[[The Mayor of Garratt]]'' (Foote) and ''[[The Turnpike Gate]]'' (Knight) | + | 1817: Presented in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 14 July, with as afterpiece ''[[The Adopted Child]]'' (Birch). |
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| + | 1817: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 11 October, with ''[[The Mayor of Garratt]]'' (Foote) and ''[[The Turnpike Gate]]'' (Knight) | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Reynolds | ||
Facsimile version of the new edition, 1802, Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=StBZAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Laugh+When+You+Can+by+Reynolds&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AFEiVemrFuac7gbM-IDQDA&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Laugh%20When%20You%20Can%20by%20Reynolds&f=false] | Facsimile version of the new edition, 1802, Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=StBZAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Laugh+When+You+Can+by+Reynolds&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AFEiVemrFuac7gbM-IDQDA&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Laugh%20When%20You%20Can%20by%20Reynolds&f=false] | ||
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| − | F.C.L. Bosman]], | + | [[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. 150-1, |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:02, 16 October 2016
Laugh When You Can is a comedy in five acts by Frederick Reynolds (1764–1841)[1].
Contents
The original text
Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden in 1799. Published by Longman in 1799. New edition, 1802
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1817: Presented in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 14 July, with as afterpiece The Adopted Child (Birch).
1817: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 11 October, with The Mayor of Garratt (Foote) and The Turnpike Gate (Knight)
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Reynolds
Facsimile version of the new edition, 1802, Google eBook[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 150-1,
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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