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| − | + | ''[[Folly As It Flies]]'' is a comedy, in five acts by Frederick Reynolds (1764–1841)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Reynolds]. | |
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1815: Announced for performance in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 7 October, with as afterpiece ''[[No Song, No Supper]]'' (Hoare), but postponed to 14 October. | ||
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| + | 1817: Announced for performance in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 16 August, with as afterpiece ''[[The Adopted Child]]'' (Birch), but this never took place. | ||
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| + | 1823: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 27 September, with ''[[The Day After the Wedding, or A Wife’s First Lesson|The Day After The Wedding]]'' (Kemble) as afterpiece. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Reynolds | ||
Facsimile of the 1802 edition, Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=g_dEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Folly+As+It+Flies+by+Reynolds&source=bl&ots=Ox4Zbfc1ol&sig=fnuyo891kQpaFc2wb0vmtJ3UMjo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sZIwVdyRCcaP7AaS1IDoCQ&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Folly%20As%20It%20Flies%20by%20Reynolds&f=false] | Facsimile of the 1802 edition, Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=g_dEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Folly+As+It+Flies+by+Reynolds&source=bl&ots=Ox4Zbfc1ol&sig=fnuyo891kQpaFc2wb0vmtJ3UMjo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sZIwVdyRCcaP7AaS1IDoCQ&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Folly%20As%20It%20Flies%20by%20Reynolds&f=false] | ||
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http://www.abebooks.com/FOLLY-FLIES-comedy-five-acts-REYNOLDS/1280956123/bd | http://www.abebooks.com/FOLLY-FLIES-comedy-five-acts-REYNOLDS/1280956123/bd | ||
| − | [[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. 147, 150, 185 |
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:05, 17 February 2017
Folly As It Flies is a comedy, in five acts by Frederick Reynolds (1764–1841)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed at Covent Garden in October 1801, with an Epilogue by Mr. Serjeant Sellon.
First printed in London by A. Strahan for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1802.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1815: Announced for performance in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 7 October, with as afterpiece No Song, No Supper (Hoare), but postponed to 14 October.
1817: Announced for performance in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 16 August, with as afterpiece The Adopted Child (Birch), but this never took place.
1823: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 27 September, with The Day After The Wedding (Kemble) as afterpiece.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Reynolds
Facsimile of the 1802 edition, Google eBook[2]
http://www.abebooks.com/FOLLY-FLIES-comedy-five-acts-REYNOLDS/1280956123/bd
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 147, 150, 185
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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