Difference between revisions of "Who do they take me for"
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| − | 1860: A play called ''[[Who do you take me for]]'' was performed in the Theatre Royal Cape Town by the Royal Alfred Dramatic Club on 3 December, with ''[[Dido, The Queen of Carthage]]'' (Durnand) and a performance by the brass orchestra of the [[59th Regiment]]. This was most probably Morton's play. | + | 1860: A play called ''[[Who do you take me for]]'' was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 3 December, with ''[[Dido, The Queen of Carthage]]'' (Durnand) and a performance by the brass orchestra of the [[59th Regiment]]. This was most probably Morton's play. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 06:19, 4 September 2017
Who do they take me for is an original farce in one act by John Maddison Morton (1811-1891)[1]
Also found as Who do they take me for, Whom do they take me for, and possibly billed as Who do you take me for in South Africa.
Contents
The original text
Published in London by Samuel French, New York, Samuel French & Son, 1847?
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1860: A play called Who do you take me for was performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by the Royal Alfred Dramatic Club on 3 December, with Dido, The Queen of Carthage (Durnand) and a performance by the brass orchestra of the 59th Regiment. This was most probably Morton's play.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
Catalogue: Cleveland Public Library[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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