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''[[If the Cap Fits]]'' is a  comedietta in one act by  N.H. Harrington ()[] and Edmund Yates()[].
 
''[[If the Cap Fits]]'' is a  comedietta in one act by  N.H. Harrington ()[] and Edmund Yates()[].
 
   
 
   
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==The original text==
  
 
First produced at the Royal Princess’s Theatre, June 13, 1859 and published in London by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]].  
 
First produced at the Royal Princess’s Theatre, June 13, 1859 and published in London by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]].  
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
1870: Performed on 14 December in the [[Oddfellows Hall]] by the [[Garrison Players]] (probably the "[[Dramatic Club of the Garrison‎|dramatic club]]" of the [[86th Royal Downshire Regiment]]), along with ''[[The Unfinished Gentleman]]'' (Selby) and ''[[The Colleen Bawn]]'' (Byron's burlesque version).
 
1870: Performed on 14 December in the [[Oddfellows Hall]] by the [[Garrison Players]] (probably the "[[Dramatic Club of the Garrison‎|dramatic club]]" of the [[86th Royal Downshire Regiment]]), along with ''[[The Unfinished Gentleman]]'' (Selby) and ''[[The Colleen Bawn]]'' (Byron's burlesque version).
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== Sources ==
  
 
"Edmund Yates - plays" in  [[Victorian Fiction Research Guides]][https://victorianfictionresearchguides.org/edmund-yates/plays/]
 
"Edmund Yates - plays" in  [[Victorian Fiction Research Guides]][https://victorianfictionresearchguides.org/edmund-yates/plays/]
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 266,
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Revision as of 07:27, 22 April 2019

If the Cap Fits is a comedietta in one act by N.H. Harrington ()[] and Edmund Yates()[].


The original text

First produced at the Royal Princess’s Theatre, June 13, 1859 and published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1870: Performed on 14 December in the Oddfellows Hall by the Garrison Players (probably the "dramatic club" of the 86th Royal Downshire Regiment), along with The Unfinished Gentleman (Selby) and The Colleen Bawn (Byron's burlesque version).

Sources

"Edmund Yates - plays" in Victorian Fiction Research Guides[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 266,

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants, carnivals and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page