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A Farce in One Act, Attributed to Thomas King (1730-1805), though often credited to Sir John Vanbrugh(1664-1726), since it was an adaptation of ''[[The Mistake]]'' by Vanbrugh. First performed as a benefit for King on 2 February 1790 at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. | A Farce in One Act, Attributed to Thomas King (1730-1805), though often credited to Sir John Vanbrugh(1664-1726), since it was an adaptation of ''[[The Mistake]]'' by Vanbrugh. First performed as a benefit for King on 2 February 1790 at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. | ||
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| + | Allardyce Nicoll (2009) also mentions two other adaptations under the same title, one by "D.L." (1816) and one by "Vic." (1864). | ||
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| + | Published as "[[Lovers' Quarrels, Or Like Master Like Man]]: an Interlude in One Act, Altered from "the Mistake" of Sir J.V. by T. King" by J. Roach, 1806. | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 20 October 1832: Performed in Cape Town by the [[All the World's a Stage]] in [[The African Theatre|The Cape Theatre]], with ''[[The Slave, or The Revolt of Surinam]]'' (Morton). | + | 20 October 1832: Performed in Cape Town by the [[All the World's a Stage]] in [[The African Theatre|The Cape Theatre]], with ''[[The Slave, or The Revolt of Surinam]]'' (Morton). According to Bosman (1928), this was the Thomas King version. |
Revision as of 09:12, 8 April 2014
A Farce in One Act, Attributed to Thomas King (1730-1805), though often credited to Sir John Vanbrugh(1664-1726), since it was an adaptation of The Mistake by Vanbrugh. First performed as a benefit for King on 2 February 1790 at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.
Allardyce Nicoll (2009) also mentions two other adaptations under the same title, one by "D.L." (1816) and one by "Vic." (1864).
Published as "Lovers' Quarrels, Or Like Master Like Man: an Interlude in One Act, Altered from "the Mistake" of Sir J.V. by T. King" by J. Roach, 1806.
Performance history in South Africa
20 October 1832: Performed in Cape Town by the All the World's a Stage in The Cape Theatre, with The Slave, or The Revolt of Surinam (Morton). According to Bosman (1928), this was the Thomas King version.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
https://archive.org/details/loversquarrelsor00vanb
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lovers-quarrels-Like-master-like/dp/B0008B5ZPQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_King_(actor)
Bosman, 1928: pp. 124,
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