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First performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, London, on 8 February, 1785. First published by G. Kearsley,1785. | First performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, London, on 8 February, 1785. First published by G. Kearsley,1785. | ||
| − | One reviewer ("Baker"), impressed with the production, stated that "A hint for the plot is taken from Fielding's ''[[The Intriguing Chambermaid]]''"[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=5yBXAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA462&lpg=PA462&dq=Charles+Dibdin+The+Intriguing+Chambermaid&source=bl&ots=X7z905nyl8&sig=ACfU3U2MjdJXfsFLOwiwrSp7DO7FGH6NZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKyp2M9MvqAhUNQxUIHQFqAPwQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Charles%20Dibdin%20The%20Intriguing%20Chambermaid&f=false] , referring to the two-act comedy first performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane in 1750, | + | One reviewer ("Baker"), impressed with the production, stated that "(A) hint for the plot is taken from Fielding's ''[[The Intriguing Chambermaid]]''"[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=5yBXAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA462&lpg=PA462&dq=Charles+Dibdin+The+Intriguing+Chambermaid&source=bl&ots=X7z905nyl8&sig=ACfU3U2MjdJXfsFLOwiwrSp7DO7FGH6NZQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKyp2M9MvqAhUNQxUIHQFqAPwQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Charles%20Dibdin%20The%20Intriguing%20Chambermaid&f=false], referring to the two-act comedy first performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane in 1750, and in its turn taken from a French play by Regnard. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 06:45, 14 July 2020
Liberty-Hall, or A Test of Good Fellowship is a comic opera in two acts by Charles Dibdin the Elder (1745 - 1814)[1]
Also found as Liberty Hall
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The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, London, on 8 February, 1785. First published by G. Kearsley,1785.
One reviewer ("Baker"), impressed with the production, stated that "(A) hint for the plot is taken from Fielding's The Intriguing Chambermaid"[2], referring to the two-act comedy first performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane in 1750, and in its turn taken from a French play by Regnard.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1895: Performed by Edward Sass and his Gaiety Company, under the auspices of the Wheeler Company, as part of a season of eight plays with which they toured the cities, inter alia appearing at the Opera House, Cape Town, from 1 June.
1916: Performed at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg, featuring Florence Creagh
Sources
"Liberty-Hall" on Great Writers Inspire, Oxford University [3]
http://www.eighteenthcenturydrama.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/HL_LA_mssLA688
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dibdin
Rand Daily Mail (various issues)
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.401
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