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| − | + | ''[[Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man]]'' is a farce in one act, attributed to Thomas King (1730-1805)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_King_(actor)], | |
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| + | First performed as a benefit for King on 2 February 1790 at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden, and was published, ''inter alia'' by J. Roach, 1806, as "''[[Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man]]'': an Interlude in One Act, Altered from ''[[The Mistake]]'' of Sir J.V. by T. King". | ||
| − | + | This is thus an adaptation of ''[[The Mistake]]'' by Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vanbrugh] and is in fact often also credited to Vanbrugh alone. Allardyce Nicoll (2009) also mentions two other adaptations of ''[[The Mistake]]'' under the same title, one by "D.L." (1816) and one by "Vic." (1864). | |
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 06:34, 5 June 2016
Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man is a farce in one act, attributed to Thomas King (1730-1805)[1],
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The original text
First performed as a benefit for King on 2 February 1790 at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden, and was published, inter alia by J. Roach, 1806, as "Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man: an Interlude in One Act, Altered from The Mistake of Sir J.V. by T. King".
This is thus an adaptation of The Mistake by Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)[2] and is in fact often also credited to Vanbrugh alone. Allardyce Nicoll (2009) also mentions two other adaptations of The Mistake under the same title, one by "D.L." (1816) and one by "Vic." (1864).
Performance history in South Africa
1824: Performed on 1 June in Cape Town by the Amateur Company in The Cape Theatre, with The Heir at Law (Colman Jr). According to Bosman (1928), this was the Thomas King version.
1830: Played on 14 August by the All the World's a Stage in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to The Flying Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship (Fitzball).
1832: Performed on 20 October in Cape Town by the All the World's a Stage in The Cape Theatre, with The Slave, or The Revolt of Surinam (Morton). According to Bosman (1928), this was the Thomas King version.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
https://archive.org/details/loversquarrelsor00vanb
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lovers-quarrels-Like-master-like/dp/B0008B5ZPQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_King_(actor)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vanbrugh
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[3]: pp. 185,224,
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