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| − | ''[[Sweethearts and Wives]]'' is a comedy | + | ''[[Sweethearts and Wives]]'' is a comedy by James Kenney (1780-1849)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kenney_(dramatist)]. |
==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
| − | First performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, July 7th, 1823 and in Philadelphia in 1825. | + | There appears to have been a two act version and a three act version. |
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| + | First performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, July 7th, 1823 and in Philadelphia in 1825. The three act version published by A.R. Poole and Ash and Mason in 1827 (edited by Lopez and Wemyss). | ||
Published as Lacy's acting edition and French's Standard Drama No LXXVII, later also by M. Douglas in 1849. | Published as Lacy's acting edition and French's Standard Drama No LXXVII, later also by M. Douglas in 1849. | ||
Revision as of 05:16, 19 June 2021
Sweethearts and Wives is a comedy by James Kenney (1780-1849)[1].
Contents
The original text
There appears to have been a two act version and a three act version.
First performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, July 7th, 1823 and in Philadelphia in 1825. The three act version published by A.R. Poole and Ash and Mason in 1827 (edited by Lopez and Wemyss).
Published as Lacy's acting edition and French's Standard Drama No LXXVII, later also by M. Douglas in 1849.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1884-5: Performed by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue. (Referred to by Bosman - 1980: p. 380 - as an "opéra comique".)
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kenney_(dramatist)
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17430630M/Sweethearts_and_wives
Facsimile version of the Samuel French edition, HathiTrust Digital Library[2]
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 1923. (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: pp.325
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