Difference between revisions of "Who's Who? or The Double Imposture"
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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 | ||
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| + | '' is a farce in two acts by John Poole (1786-1872)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poole_(playwright)] | ||
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| + | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1815. Published by Whittingham and Arliss, London, in the same year. A second edition published in 1816. | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1871: Performed as ''[[Who's Who]]'' by a regimental "Dramatic Club" (the sources are unclear about the precise name of the company, it was possibly an outflow of - or a company founded in affiliation with - the [[Cape Town Institute and Club]]'s dramatic company) in the [[Theatre Royal, Main Barracks]], Cape Town, on 6 May, with ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (Morton) and ''[[Sarah's Young Man]]'' (Suter). | ||
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Revision as of 05:55, 21 April 2021
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
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
is a farce in two acts by John Poole (1786-1872)[4]
The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1815. Published by Whittingham and Arliss, London, in the same year. A second edition published in 1816.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1871: Performed as Who's Who by a regimental "Dramatic Club" (the sources are unclear about the precise name of the company, it was possibly an outflow of - or a company founded in affiliation with - the Cape Town Institute and Club's dramatic company) in the Theatre Royal, Main Barracks, Cape Town, on 6 May, with Slasher and Crasher (Morton) and Sarah's Young Man (Suter).
Sources
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
