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| − | Often subtitled, or alternatively titled, ''[[The Cockney in Corsica]]'' ''[[A Cockney in Corsica]]'' | + | Often subtitled, or alternatively titled, in various ways, e.g. ''[[The Cockney's Trip to Corsica]]'', ''[[The Cockney in Corsica]]'', ''[[A Cockney in Corsica]]''. These titles have also been used as main titles, at times with ''A Thumping Legacy'' as the subtitle. |
| − | First performed in London as ''[[A Thumping Legacy]]'' in 1843 | + | First performed in London as ''[[A Thumping Legacy]]'' in 1843 (and in Leeds with the subtitle ''[[The Cockney's Trip to Corsica]]'' on 16 June of the same year) and published in 1843 by T.H. Lacy (London), G. Berger (London) as well as Samuel French (London and New York) - all as "''[[A Thumping Legacy]]''; an original farce, in one act". |
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Thomas A. Bogar. 2002. ''John E. Owens: Nineteenth Century American Actor and Manager'': p. 175(Google eBook)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dUxyBjj8HUYC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=A+Thumping+Legacy,+or+The+Cockney+in+Corsica&source=bl&ots=l5R4Ipw0Aj&sig=vPwrCh6ykNimcunpQXvqqiQyxEA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kfdfVd_HK-HT7Qb2-oOQBw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=A%20Thumping%20Legacy%2C%20or%20The%20Cockney%20in%20Corsica&f=false] | Thomas A. Bogar. 2002. ''John E. Owens: Nineteenth Century American Actor and Manager'': p. 175(Google eBook)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dUxyBjj8HUYC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=A+Thumping+Legacy,+or+The+Cockney+in+Corsica&source=bl&ots=l5R4Ipw0Aj&sig=vPwrCh6ykNimcunpQXvqqiQyxEA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kfdfVd_HK-HT7Qb2-oOQBw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=A%20Thumping%20Legacy%2C%20or%20The%20Cockney%20in%20Corsica&f=false] | ||
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A farce by John Maddison Morton (1811–1891)
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The original text
Often subtitled, or alternatively titled, in various ways, e.g. The Cockney's Trip to Corsica, The Cockney in Corsica, A Cockney in Corsica. These titles have also been used as main titles, at times with A Thumping Legacy as the subtitle.
First performed in London as A Thumping Legacy in 1843 (and in Leeds with the subtitle The Cockney's Trip to Corsica on 16 June of the same year) and published in 1843 by T.H. Lacy (London), G. Berger (London) as well as Samuel French (London and New York) - all as "A Thumping Legacy; an original farce, in one act".
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1852: Performed on Tuesday 13 April and again on 21 April by the Amateur Company under the title The Thumping Legacy in the Garrison Theatre, as one of three fundraisers for the survivors of the troop ship Birkenhead. It played as afterpiece to Don Caesar de Bazan, or Love and Honour (Webster and Boucicault).
1854: Performed under the title The Thumping Legacy by the Amateur Theatrical Society Port Elizabeth in the new Port Elizabeth Theatre on Fridy 7 July, with The Road to Ruin (Holcroft).
1855: Performed under the title The Cockney in Corsica in the Drawing Room Theatre, Cape Town, on Friday 13 July 1855 by Sefton Parry, as a benefit performance for the Patriotic Fund, along with A Capital Match (J.M. Morton) and Monsieur Jacques (Barnett).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
http://www.leodis.net/playbills/item.asp?ri=2003424_18543642
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZH18700616.2.2.6
Thomas A. Bogar. 2002. John E. Owens: Nineteenth Century American Actor and Manager: p. 175(Google eBook)[1]
The Spectator, 18 February 1843, p.15[2]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 402-3, 508
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