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''[[Guy Mannering, or The Gipsey's Prophecy]]''
is a musical play in three acts by Daniel Terry (1780?-1829)[].  
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is a musical play in three acts by Daniel Terry (1780?-1829)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Terry].
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Sometimes simply referred to as ''[[Guy Mannering]]''.
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Based on Sir Walter Scott's novel of the same name, it was dramatised by Terry and first performed in 1816 at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, in London. First published  
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Based on Sir Walter Scott's novel of the same name, it was dramatised by Terry and first performed in London on 12 March 1816 at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. First published  
  
Later published 1860 by Samuel French, New York,  with an editorial introduction
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Later published 1860 by Samuel French, New York,  with an editorial introduction by H.L.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:30, 9 June 2016

Guy Mannering, or The Gipsey's Prophecy is a musical play in three acts by Daniel Terry (1780?-1829)[1].

Sometimes simply referred to as Guy Mannering.

The original text

Based on Sir Walter Scott's novel of the same name, it was dramatised by Terry and first performed in London on 12 March 1816 at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. First published

Later published 1860 by Samuel French, New York, with an editorial introduction by H.L.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1826: Performed as Guy Mannering in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 31 August, with The Review (Colman Jr) as afterpiece.


Sources

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009721724


Facsimile version of the 1860 published text, with an editorial introduction: The Internet Archive[ https://archive.org/stream/guymanneringorgi00terr#page/n3/mode/2up]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 197

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