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| − | + | ''[[Killing No Murder]]'' is a farce in two acts by Theodore Edward Hook (1788-1841)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Hook], with music by Mr Hook, Snr (James Hook, 1746-1827)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hook_(composer)]. | |
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1823: Apparently a copy of the music for this play was sought by the [[Garrison Players]], though no performance is | + | 1823: Apparently a copy of the music for this play was sought by the [[Garrison Players]] in Cape Town, though no performance is recorded in this year. |
| − | 1829: Performed by the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] on 3 October, with ''[[The Curfew]]'' (by "Tobois") | + | 1829: Performed by the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] in [[The African Theatre]], Cape Town on 3 October, with ''[[The Curfew]]'' (listed as by "Tobois", actually by Tobin) |
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http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023922 | http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023922 | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Hook | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hook_(composer) | ||
Facsimile version of the 1809 edition , ''Google eBook''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=7Mg-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=Killing+No+Murder+hook&source=bl&ots=qIllobkhCM&sig=_lSd-lF0OjCM-bAXJFBJAjq7m64&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jz5MVb_2EcWrU5DCgegI&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Killing%20No%20Murder%20hook&f=false] | Facsimile version of the 1809 edition , ''Google eBook''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=7Mg-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=Killing+No+Murder+hook&source=bl&ots=qIllobkhCM&sig=_lSd-lF0OjCM-bAXJFBJAjq7m64&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jz5MVb_2EcWrU5DCgegI&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Killing%20No%20Murder%20hook&f=false] | ||
| − | [[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. 184, 203 |
Latest revision as of 05:19, 10 April 2017
Killing No Murder is a farce in two acts by Theodore Edward Hook (1788-1841)[1], with music by Mr Hook, Snr (James Hook, 1746-1827)[2].
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in 1809. A scene ridiculing Methodists was suppressed by order of the Lord Chamberlain, but later published.
Published in London: Printed by W. Flint, for S. Tipper, 1809.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1823: Apparently a copy of the music for this play was sought by the Garrison Players in Cape Town, though no performance is recorded in this year.
1829: Performed by the English Theatrical Amateur Company in The African Theatre, Cape Town on 3 October, with The Curfew (listed as by "Tobois", actually by Tobin)
Sources
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023922
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Hook
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hook_(composer)
Facsimile version of the 1809 edition , Google eBook[3]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 184, 203
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