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| − | A farce by [[Thornton Wilder]], premiered on Broadway in 1938.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | [[John Oxenford]]'s 1835 one-act farce ''[[A Day Well Spent]]'' had been extended into a full-length play entitled ''[[Einen Jux will er sich machen]]'' by Austrian playwright [[Johann Nestroy]] in 1842.
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| − | Wilder adapted Nestroy's version into an Americanized comedy entitled ''[[The Merchant of Yonkers]]'', which revolves around Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy Yonkers, New York businessman in the market for a wife. (''Wikipedia'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Yonkers])
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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