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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1823: Apparently a copy of the music for this play was sought by the [[Garrison Players]], though no performance is recorded in this year. | + | 1823: Apparently a copy of the music for this play was sought by the [[Garrison Players]] in Cape Town, though no performance is recorded in this year. |
| − | 1829: Performed by the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] on 3 October, with ''[[The Curfew]]'' (by "Tobois") | + | 1829: Performed by the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] in [[The African Theatre]], Cape Town on 3 October, with ''[[The Curfew]]'' (by "Tobois") |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 07:10, 8 May 2015
A farce in two acts by Theodore Edward Hook (1788-1841), with music by Mr Hook, Snr (1746-1827).
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in 1809. A scene ridiculing Methodists was suppressed by order of the Lord Chamberlain, but later published.
Published in London: Printed by W. Flint, for S. Tipper, 1809.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1823: Apparently a copy of the music for this play was sought by the Garrison Players in Cape Town, though no performance is recorded in this year.
1829: Performed by the English Theatrical Amateur Company in The African Theatre, Cape Town on 3 October, with The Curfew (by "Tobois")
Sources
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023922
Facsimile version of the 1809 edition , Google eBook[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 184,
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