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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 267 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 267 | ||
Revision as of 05:46, 21 April 2021
Who's Who?, or The Double Imposture is a farce in two acts by John Poole ()[]
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1871: Performed as Who's Who by a regimental "Dramatic Club" (the sources are unclear about the company, it was possibly an outflow of or affiliation with the Cape Town Institute and Club's dramatic company) in the Theatre Royal, Main Barracks, Cape Town, on 6 May, with Slasher and Crasher (Morton) and Sarah's Young Man (Suter).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1816 edition (2nd edition) of the text, Google E-Book[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 267
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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