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| − | A play by Thomas Morton. A two-act musical entertainment.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | First performed at the Haymarket 1 October 1793. A pirated edition published in Dublin, 1794. Printed for John Rice
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 23 June 1831: Performed in Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]] as ''[[The Children of the Wood]]'', with ''[[Richard III|Richard the Third, or The Battle of Bosworth's Field]]'' (Shakespeare).
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| − | 1837: Brought to in Cape Town as a part of a puppet show put on by the so-called "[[Automata]]" or "[[Automaton]] Figures", large mechanical puppets, by [[W.F.H. Parker]] in 1837. It was performed (under its correct title of [[Children in the Wood]]), along with ''[[Polander]]'', the dramatic play ''[[The Enchanted Turk]]'' and ''[[Joey Grimaldi's Trip to Brentford]]''.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(playwright)
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p. 216, 231
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| − | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
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| − | == Return to ==
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| − | Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 C|C]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
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