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| − | Facsimile version of the text, Google E-Book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=SXFbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=Forty+Thieves+Sheridan&source=bl&ots=hornwRNyqC&sig=8xqAXUHLJjnvuoFTWKwDNEnLvbI&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjuicro_aPNAhUMJsAKHU6xBL0Q6AEIIDAB#v=onepage&q=Forty%20Thieves%20Sheridan&f=false] | + | Facsimile version of Duncombe's 1825 edition of the text, Google E-Book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=SXFbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=Forty+Thieves+Sheridan&source=bl&ots=hornwRNyqC&sig=8xqAXUHLJjnvuoFTWKwDNEnLvbI&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjuicro_aPNAhUMJsAKHU6xBL0Q6AEIIDAB#v=onepage&q=Forty%20Thieves%20Sheridan&f=false] |
Revision as of 05:05, 13 June 2016
The Forty Thieves is a "Grand Romantic Drama" in 2 acts by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836)[1].
The original text
Published by in 18** and by Duncombe in 1825.
Translations and adaptations
Circa 1825: Apparently one of the monthly plays performed on the island of St Helena , according to an article on "St. Helena Theatricals" in The South African Commercial Advertiser of 12 October 1825, with the scenery painted by a local artist named Mr Julio.
Facsimile version of Duncombe's 1825 edition of the text, Google E-Book[2]
