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Original issued in series: French's acting edition ; no. 2312.
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''[[Bardell v. Pickwick]]'' is a comic scene by [[Charles Dickens]] (1812-1870)[].
 
''[[Bardell v. Pickwick]]'' is a comic scene by [[Charles Dickens]] (1812-1870)[].
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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''[[Bardell vs. Pickwick]]'' (the trial scene from Pickwick); a farcical sketch in one act. By Charles Dickens. Arranged for the stage by John Hollingshead (1827-1904).
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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The Lawbook Exchange. Advert for a 2010 reprint of ''Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings, on April 1, 1828, Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London''. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. London: Elliot Stock, 1902[https://www.lawbookexchange.com/pages/books/57416/charles-dickens-percy-fitzgerald-notes-comm/bardell-v-pickwick-the-trial-for-breach-of-promise-paperback]
 
The Lawbook Exchange. Advert for a 2010 reprint of ''Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings, on April 1, 1828, Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London''. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. London: Elliot Stock, 1902[https://www.lawbookexchange.com/pages/books/57416/charles-dickens-percy-fitzgerald-notes-comm/bardell-v-pickwick-the-trial-for-breach-of-promise-paperback]
  
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https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100301711
  
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Facsimile version of the Hollingshead text[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044086861960;view=1up;seq=6]
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 232, 414
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 232, 414

Revision as of 06:05, 25 March 2018

Original issued in series: French's acting edition ; no. 2312.

Bardell v. Pickwick is a comic scene by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)[].


The original text

Based on "Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings, on April 1, 1828, Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London", a popular episode from Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers (published 1836-1837), one often been dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment over the years.

Translations and adaptations

Bardell vs. Pickwick (the trial scene from Pickwick); a farcical sketch in one act. By Charles Dickens. Arranged for the stage by John Hollingshead (1827-1904).


Performance history in South Africa

Sources

The Lawbook Exchange. Advert for a 2010 reprint of Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings, on April 1, 1828, Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London. Edited with Notes and Commentaries by Percy Fitzgerald. London: Elliot Stock, 1902[1]

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100301711

Facsimile version of the Hollingshead text[2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 232, 414


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