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There are two plays by this name, though spelled differently.
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Speed the Plough by Thomas Morton (1798)
A comedy, in five acts by Thomas Morton (1764-1838). First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden on 8 Feb. 1798, it was acted forty-one times, and often revived.
The play introduced the fictional (off-stage) English character of "Mrs Grundy", who typifies the censorship enacted in everyday life by conventional opinion. The term soon passed into everyday English speech as a criterion of rigid respectability, especially in contexts in which free expression is impeded by excessive purity.
Performance history in South Africa
Performed in Cape Town by the English Theatricals company (former Garrison Players) in the African Theatre on 23 September 1815, with The Prize, or 2,5,3,8. (Hoare).
Performed in Cape Town by the English Theatricals company (former Garrison Players) in the African Theatre on 7 February 1818, with The Spoiled Child (Bickerstaffe).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(playwright)
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/559155/Speed-the-Plough
Bosman, 1928: pp.147, 153,
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Speed-the-Plough by David Mamet (1988)
A play by David Mamet offering a satirical dissection of the American movie business.
Premiered on Broadway at the Royale Theatre in a production by the Lincoln Center Theater, opening on May 3, 1988 and closing on Dec 31, 1988 after 279 performances.
Performance history in South Africa
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed-the-Plow
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