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| − | ''[[Charles the Second, or The Merry Monarch]]'' is a comedy in two acts by John Howard Payne (1791–1852)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Payne].
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| − | Also referred to in some sources as ''[[Charles the Second]]'' or ''[[Charles II]]''.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | Though considered an original work, it is in fact based on (and largely an English translation of) Alexandre Duval's '''''[[La Jeunesse de Henri V]]''''', itself taken from earlier works. Washington Irving (1783–1859)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving] assisted in the writing of the play, but is not credited, or at most is mentioned as "contributor" is some versions, and as "a literary friend" in the ''Preface'' by Payne.
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| − | First produced at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden by Charles Kemble in 1824.
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| − | Published in London by John Cumberland, in 1824, and by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, also in 1824.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | This play was apparently very popular in Cape Town during the mid-19th century.
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| − | 1825: Produced in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 27 August, with as afterpiece the farce ''[[X.Y.Z.]]'' (Colman the Younger).
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| − | 1829: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Cape Town Amateur Company]] on 20 June 1829, with ''[[The Liar]]'' (Foote) as afterpiece.
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| − | 1830: Performed in Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] on 19 June, 1830, as afterpiece to ''[[The Gambler's Fate, or A Lapse of Twenty Years]]'' (Thompson). Billed as a "Petite Comedy" on this occasion.
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| − | 1831: Performed once more ("by special request") in Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] on 11 June, 1831, as afterpiece to ''[[The School of Reform, or How to Rule a Husband]]'' (Th. Morton).
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| − | 1833: Performed in Cape Town by members of [[All the World's a Stage]], led by [[Mr Heath]] from the Theatre Royal at Liverpool, on 30 November 1833, as afterpiece to ''[[Venice Preserved]]'' (Otway).
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| − | 1846: Performed in Cape Town (possibly by [[All the World's a Stage]]) in the newly renamed [[Hope Street Theatre]], now called the [[Victoria Theatre]], on Tuesday 21 July, 1846, with an interlude (''[[Fortune's Frolic, or The Ploughman Turned Lord]]'' by Allingham) and as afterpiece ''[[A Day after the Fair]]'' (Somerset).
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| − | 1852: Performed in Cape Town by members of the [[Garrison Players]], including [[Captain Hall]] and [[Lieutenant Johnson]], with the help of local English amateurs, on 24 March, 1852, as afterpiece to ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare). The performance was part of three evenings done "for the benefit of the unfortunate soldiers who perished in H.M. Steamer ''Birkenhead''". Unfortunately it appears that the three performances had apparently not served their intended purpose, as they eventually ran at a loss of £30.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Facsimile version of the 1824 edition of the play by John Cumberland, London. Google E-Book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=VRJhAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Charles+the+Second,+or+The+Merry+Monarch+by+John+Howard+Payne&source=bl&ots=1sACDeQ2ga&sig=qa63RHLfYsAAeefhSIL8ggOcVMc&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3hMjPmIPKAhUJPhQKHWdTDxQQ6AEILjAD#v=onepage&q=Charles%20the%20Second%2C%20or%20The%20Merry%20Monarch%20by%20John%20Howard%20Payne&f=false]
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| − | Facsimile version of the 1849 edition of the play by J. Douglas, New York. Google E-Book[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxdm79;view=1up;seq=21]
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| − | http://www.brickrow.com/cgi-bin/brickrow/16094.html
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| − | http://www.answers.com/topic/charles-the-second
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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, 202, 214, 216, 228, 401, 415
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