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| − | ''[[Barnaby Brittle, or A Wife at Her Wit's End ]]'' is a farce in two acts by Thomas Betterton (1635?-1710)[].
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | It is a later adaptation of Betterton's ''[[Amorous Widow]]'', which in turn was adapted from Moliere's ''[[George Dandin]]''. First performed in this form at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. Published in London by G. Kearsly, 1782.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1817: Performed as ''[[Barnaby Brittle]]'' in the "[[The African Theatre]]" on 5 July by the [[Garrison Players]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', with [[Captain Carter]] as "Shylock".
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8772410
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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. 150,
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