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Repeated by [[All the World's a Stage]] on 3 March, 1832 as afterpiece to ''[[Othello]]''. | Repeated by [[All the World's a Stage]] on 3 March, 1832 as afterpiece to ''[[Othello]]''. | ||
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Performed under the shorter title by the [[Private Amateur Company]] on Monday 9 April, 1838, alongside ''[[Love in humble Life]]'' (Payne) and ''[[The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles]]'' (Planché). | Performed under the shorter title by the [[Private Amateur Company]] on Monday 9 April, 1838, alongside ''[[Love in humble Life]]'' (Payne) and ''[[The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles]]'' (Planché). | ||
Revision as of 07:06, 15 July 2014
A musical farce by Richard Brinsley Peake. Sometimes given a fuller title: Amateurs and Actors, or A Peep behind the Curtain
Performed at the at the English Opera House and printed 1818.
Performance history in South Africa
Performed under the full title by All the World's a Stage on 8 October, 1831 , as afterpiece to Ambrose Guinett, or A Sea-Side Story (Jerrold).
Repeated by All the World's a Stage on 3 March, 1832 as afterpiece to Othello.
28 April, 1835: Played by the Garrison Players (the Officers of the 98th Regiment) in the Amateur Theatre, as afterpiece to The Flying Dutchman (Fitzball).
Performed under the shorter title by the Private Amateur Company on Monday 9 April, 1838, alongside Love in humble Life (Payne) and The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles (Planché).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Peake
Google Books[1]
The Spectator archives[2]
Bosman, 1928: pp. 207, 217, 220
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