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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1842: Performed in Cape Town on 9 June in the [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players]] alongside ''[[Love, Law and Physic]]'' (Kenney) and ''[[Love in | + | 1842: Performed in Cape Town on 9 June in the [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players]] alongside ''[[Love, Law and Physic]]'' (Kenney) and ''[[Love in Humble Life]]'' (Payne). |
1859: Performed in Simon's Town by the [[amateur]]s of "the [[Royal Naval Theatre of the H.M.S. Megaera]]" in the [[Simon's Town Theatre]] on 28 March, along with a scene from ''[[Macbeth]]'' (performed "in character" by [[Captain Nightingale]]), ''[[Fish out of Water]]'' (Lunn) and ''[[The Thumping Legacy]]'' (Morton) | 1859: Performed in Simon's Town by the [[amateur]]s of "the [[Royal Naval Theatre of the H.M.S. Megaera]]" in the [[Simon's Town Theatre]] on 28 March, along with a scene from ''[[Macbeth]]'' (performed "in character" by [[Captain Nightingale]]), ''[[Fish out of Water]]'' (Lunn) and ''[[The Thumping Legacy]]'' (Morton) | ||
Revision as of 10:09, 17 December 2019
Make your Wills is farce by Mayhew and Smith
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Performance history in South Africa
1842: Performed in Cape Town on 9 June in the Garrison Theatre by the Garrison Players alongside Love, Law and Physic (Kenney) and Love in Humble Life (Payne).
1859: Performed in Simon's Town by the amateurs of "the Royal Naval Theatre of the H.M.S. Megaera" in the Simon's Town Theatre on 28 March, along with a scene from Macbeth (performed "in character" by Captain Nightingale), Fish out of Water (Lunn) and The Thumping Legacy (Morton)
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.165
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