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Facsimile version of the 1816 edition of the text, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ZlQVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Who's+Who?+or+The+Double+Imposture+by+Poole&source=bl&ots=2CKthYtbrk&sig=VcypIj3-NfQSugYFqiYbJhiHa8I&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjkjKXG1I7NAhVKD8AKHTIiC9MQ6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=Who's%20Who%3F%20or%20The%20Double%20Imposture%20by%20Poole&f=false] | Facsimile version of the 1816 edition of the text, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ZlQVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Who's+Who?+or+The+Double+Imposture+by+Poole&source=bl&ots=2CKthYtbrk&sig=VcypIj3-NfQSugYFqiYbJhiHa8I&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjkjKXG1I7NAhVKD8AKHTIiC9MQ6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=Who's%20Who%3F%20or%20The%20Double%20Imposture%20by%20Poole&f=false] | ||
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[[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 | [[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 | ||
Revision as of 17:33, 4 June 2016
Who's Who? or The Double Imposture is a farce by John Poole (1786–1872)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury lane and published by Wittingham and Arliss in 1815.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1846: Performed on Thursday 20 August, probably by All the World's a Stage, in the Victoria Theatre in Hoop Street, with The Village Lawyer (Macready) as afterpiece and the interlude Fortune's Frolic.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1816 edition of the text, Google E-book[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poole_(playwright)
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 184
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