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''[[Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793]]'' is a comic drama in one act by Charles Dance and James Robinson Planché. | ''[[Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793]]'' is a comic drama in one act by Charles Dance and James Robinson Planché. | ||
| − | There is some confusion about the work in the sources however, for only does the work appear under varying titles (''[[Delicate ground or, Paris in 1793]]'', ''[[Delicate Ground, in Paris in 1770]]'', or simply ''[[Delicate Ground | + | There is some confusion about the work in the sources however, for only does the work appear under varying titles (''[[Delicate ground or, Paris in 1793]]'', ''[[Delicate Ground, in Paris in 1770]]'', or simply ''[[Delicate Ground!]]''), it is also ascribed at times to Charles Dance only, sometimes to James Robinson Planché, and on others more correctly to both authors. (See for example the sources apparently used by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928, pp. 399, 430) |
==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
Revision as of 06:57, 20 May 2016
Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793 is a comic drama in one act by Charles Dance and James Robinson Planché.
There is some confusion about the work in the sources however, for only does the work appear under varying titles (Delicate ground or, Paris in 1793, Delicate Ground, in Paris in 1770, or simply Delicate Ground!), it is also ascribed at times to Charles Dance only, sometimes to James Robinson Planché, and on others more correctly to both authors. (See for example the sources apparently used by Bosman, 1928, pp. 399, 430)
The original text
Published 1855.
Performance history in South Africa
1850: Performed by the 73rd Regiment (Garrison Players) in the Garrison Theatre on Wednesday 26th September, with The Sentinel, A Lover by Proxy! (Boucicault) and Box and Cox (Morton).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9_bibliography
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Delicate-Ground-or-Paris-1793-Charles-Dance/9781161715453
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 399, 430
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