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| − | + | ''[[Who Wants a Guinea?]]'' is a comedy in five acts by George Colman the Younger (1762 – 1836)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Younger]. | |
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| − | + | 1823: Performed in Cape Town on Saturday 15 July by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], with as afterpiece ''[[Raising the Wind]]'' (Kenney). | |
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Barry Sutcliffe, 1983, ''Plays by George Colman the Younger and Thomas Morton'', Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=bjI4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA262&lpg=PA262&dq=Who+wants+a+guinea?+George+Colman&source=bl&ots=rKOKj0dbGt&sig=t_4ENM61ayXdbYknNO7TzmK28rU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=owAqVd3pHoLj7Qaez4CACw&ved=0CCwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Who%20wants%20a%20guinea%3F%20George%20Colman&f=false] | Barry Sutcliffe, 1983, ''Plays by George Colman the Younger and Thomas Morton'', Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=bjI4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA262&lpg=PA262&dq=Who+wants+a+guinea?+George+Colman&source=bl&ots=rKOKj0dbGt&sig=t_4ENM61ayXdbYknNO7TzmK28rU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=owAqVd3pHoLj7Qaez4CACw&ved=0CCwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Who%20wants%20a%20guinea%3F%20George%20Colman&f=false] | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp.184, | + | [[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.184, |
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Latest revision as of 04:26, 27 July 2017
Who Wants a Guinea? is a comedy in five acts by George Colman the Younger (1762 – 1836)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed in the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 18 April 1805, and published in 1805, reprinted many times, also in a number of collections.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1823: Performed in Cape Town on Saturday 15 July by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, with as afterpiece Raising the Wind (Kenney).
Sources
Facsimile version of the original text, as published in The Modern Theatre Vol III, selected by Mrs Inchbald, in 1811, a Google eBook[2]
Facsimile version of the original text, as published in Cumberland's British Theatre Vol. 20, in 1828, a Google eBook[3]
Barry Sutcliffe, 1983, Plays by George Colman the Younger and Thomas Morton, Google eBook[4]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp.184,
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
