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==South African productions==
 
==South African productions==
  
1846: Performed in English as ''[[The Child of Nature]]'', as part of the final production in the [[Victoria Theatre]] in Pietermaritzburg, on 1 April 1850, along with ''[[Borough Politics]]'' ().
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1846: Performed as part of the final production in the [[Victoria Theatre]] in Pietermaritzburg, on 1 April 1850, along with ''[[The Child of Nature]]'' (De Genlis/Inchbald).
  
 
= Sources =
 
= Sources =

Revision as of 11:18, 26 January 2020

Borough Politics a comedy in prose by John Westland Marston ()[]

The original text

A sketch of love crossed by family pretensions, it was first performed and published in 1846.

Translations and adaptations

South African productions

1846: Performed as part of the final production in the Victoria Theatre in Pietermaritzburg, on 1 April 1850, along with The Child of Nature (De Genlis/Inchbald).

Sources

Ashley H. Thorndike. 1932. English Comedy Rowman & Littlefield: p.537[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 217-8.

Schauffer, Dennis 1978. The Establishment of a Theatrical Tradition in Pietermaritzburg, Prior to the Opening of the First Civilian Playhouse. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal.

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