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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 187-8, | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 187-8, | ||
Revision as of 06:56, 5 June 2016
X.Y.Z. is a comedy in two acts by George Colman the Younger (1762 – 1836)[1].
Contents
The original text
The play was first produced on 11 December 1810 at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Op die Weegskaal ("On the Scale").
Performance history in South Africa
1825: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 27 August, 1825, as afterpiece to Charles the Second, or The Merry Monarch (Payne).
1825: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 5 November, 1825, as afterpiece to The Review, or The Wags of Windsor (Colman Jr), as a benefit for J. Corbishley and Mrs Black.
1930s: Produced in Afrikaans, initially under the title by Op die Weegskaal ("On the Scale "), and later possibly under its original title, by the René de la Harpe Geselskap ("the René de la Harpe Company").
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Younger
http://people.uwec.edu/mwood/colman/plays.html
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 187-8,
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