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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 6 July 1812: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[Speed the Plough]]'' (Th. Morton | + | 6 July 1812: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[Speed the Plough]]'' (Th. Morton). |
| − | 14 September 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Point of Honour]]'' (Kemble). | + | 14 September 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Point of Honour]]'' (Kemble) and the burlesque ''[[Amoroso, King of Little Britain]]'' (Planché). |
4 October 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Poor Gentleman]]'' (Colman Jr). | 4 October 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Poor Gentleman]]'' (Colman Jr). | ||
Revision as of 06:27, 15 July 2014
Subtitled The Happy African. A farce in two acts by William MacReady (?1755-1829). First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in 1792.Published 1793.
Performance history in South Africa
6 July 1812: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to Speed the Plough (Th. Morton).
14 September 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to The Point of Honour (Kemble) and the burlesque Amoroso, King of Little Britain (Planché).
4 October 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to The Poor Gentleman (Colman Jr).
23 July 1831: Performed in Cape Town by All the World's a Stage in the Cape Town Theatre, as afterpiece to Richard the Third, or The Battle of Bosworth Field
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Oxford Dictionary of British History: William Macready[1]
Free online E-Book, Google Books[2]
Bosman, 1928: pp. 216
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