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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.

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, or The Phantom Ship (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).

Google Books[1]

The Spectator archives[2]

Bosman, 1928: pp. 207, 217, 220

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 Repeated by [[All the World's a Stage]] on 3 March, 1832 as afterpiece to ''[[Othello]]''.
-April, 1835: Played by the Garrison Players (the Officers of the 98th Regiment) in the [[Amateur Theatre]], as afterpiece to [[The Flying Dutchman]] (Fitzball).
+April, 1835: Played by the Garrison Players (the Officers of the 98th Regiment) in the [[Amateur Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Flying Dutchman, or The Phantom Ship]]'' (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).