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Some editions edition (e.g. Elton, 1830; S. French, 1856?) describe it as "A Burletta, in One Act", while other versions (e.g. Cumberland, 1829; and Davidson et al, 1830) refer to it as "a farce in two acts". | Some editions edition (e.g. Elton, 1830; S. French, 1856?) describe it as "A Burletta, in One Act", while other versions (e.g. Cumberland, 1829; and Davidson et al, 1830) refer to it as "a farce in two acts". | ||
| − | ''This is not to be confused with a play by Frank Harvey called | + | ''This is not to be confused with a play by Frank Harvey called'' ''[[The Day After the Fair]]''[http://articles.deborahkerr.es/?p=630] ''and adapted from Thomas Hardy’s short story, "On the Western Circuit".'' |
== The original text(s) == | == The original text(s) == | ||
Revision as of 05:54, 2 November 2016
A Day after the Fair is a farce or burletta by Charles A. Somerset.
Some editions edition (e.g. Elton, 1830; S. French, 1856?) describe it as "A Burletta, in One Act", while other versions (e.g. Cumberland, 1829; and Davidson et al, 1830) refer to it as "a farce in two acts".
This is not to be confused with a play by Frank Harvey called The Day After the Fair[1] and adapted from Thomas Hardy’s short story, "On the Western Circuit".
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The original text(s)
Some uncertainty also exists about the first performance, but it was apparently done at the Surrey theatre, London, in 1827, the Bowery Theatre in 1828 and at the Sadler's Wells Theatre in 1829 (possibly the first performance of the two act version).
Printed inter alia by Elton's Dramatic Repository, 1828, by John Cumberland in London, 1829 and by G H. Davidson, 1830, all of them claiming to be from the acting copy, the latter two also containing "remarks biographical and critical by D-G" (George Daniel) .
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1834: Performed in the The Amateur Theatre, Cape Town, by the Private Amateur Company on 5 November, as an afterpiece to Othello, or The Moor of Venice (Shakespeare).
1834: Performed in the The Amateur Theatre, Cape Town, by the Private Amateur Company on 5 November, as an afterpiece to Guy Faux, or the Gunpowder Treason Conspiracy (Marfarren).
Sources
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17221458M/A_day_after_the_fair
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 204, 206.
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