Difference between revisions of "The Will for the Deed"
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p. 146) refers to the play by a [[Dutch]] title (''[[De Wil voor de Daad]]'') , though it would seem this is simply a direct translation of the title of the English play by Bosman's [[Dutch]] source. | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p. 146) refers to the play by a [[Dutch]] title (''[[De Wil voor de Daad]]'') , though it would seem this is simply a direct translation of the title of the English play by Bosman's [[Dutch]] source, since the production referred to was in English. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Latest revision as of 05:14, 27 July 2017
The Will for the Deed is a comedy in three acts by Thomas John Dibdin (1771 – 1841)[1]
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden and printed in London by in 1804 and by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme in 1805.
Translations and adaptations
F.C.L. Bosman (1928: p. 146) refers to the play by a Dutch title (De Wil voor de Daad) , though it would seem this is simply a direct translation of the title of the English play by Bosman's Dutch source, since the production referred to was in English.
Performance history in South Africa
1815: Performed on 6 May by the Garrison Players in Cape Town, followed by a "Harlequin Pantomime" (cited in Dutch by Bosman, 1928: p 146, as Oud tot Jong Gemaald, of De Krommesprongen van Harlequin).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_John_Dibdin
http://www.bookdepository.com/Will-for-Deed-Thomas-Dibdin/9780548701614
Facsimile version of the 1805 text of The Will for the Deed - Google E-book[2]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 146
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