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Revision as of 06:46, 11 December 2015
High Life Below Stairs is a two-act farce by James Townley (1714-78)[1]
The original text
First presented at Drury Lane on October 31, 1759. Published by Newbery (London) in the same year.
Produced in South Africa
1807: Produced on 10 October by the Garrison Players, led by Mr Morgan, Captain Frazer and Captain Collins, as afterpiece to The Brothers (Cumberland). A prologue, written and delivered by Captain Collins, names a number other performers who had become part of the Garrison Players in the years preceding. An epilogue written and delivered by Captain Frazer, concluded the evening's entertainment.
1822: In the African Theatre on 14th and 16th August, 1822 by the Garrison Players, along with John Bull, or an Englishman's Fireside , as a charity performance for shipwrecked sailors.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Townley
Bosman, 1928: p 73-5; 180-181;
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