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Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 12 October, 1812, with ''[[The Birthday, or the Prince of Arragon|Birth Day, The]]'' (O'Keeffe) and ''[[Silvester Daggerwood]]'' (Colman Jr). | Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 12 October, 1812, with ''[[The Birthday, or the Prince of Arragon|Birth Day, The]]'' (O'Keeffe) and ''[[Silvester Daggerwood]]'' (Colman Jr). | ||
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A comedy by Arthur Murphy (1727 – 1805).
Originally written as a two-act farce entitled The Young Apprentice in 1754 and submitted to David Garrick, then withdrawn. Finally produced as an afterpiece in 1756 at the Drury Lane theatre. First published: 1756, for Paul Vaillant
Performance history in South Africa
First performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 8 October, 1808, with She Stoops to Conquer (Goldsmith).
Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 12 October, 1812, with Birth Day, The (O'Keeffe) and Silvester Daggerwood (Colman Jr).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://projects.chass.utoronto.ca/prescrip/18thcComedy/plays/73_murp_apprentice.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Murphy_(writer)
Bosman, 1928: pp.77, 143
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