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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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First performed in Cape Town by the [[English Theatricals]] amateur company in the [[Cape Town Theatre]] (i.e. the [[African Theatre]]),  on 3 May 1823, alongside ''[[Ways and Means]]'' (Colman Jr).
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Repeated by the [[English Theatricals]] on 9 August 1823, alongside ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' (Tobin)
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 08:28, 12 November 2013

A farce in two acts by John O'Keeffe (1747-1833).

Full title: The Farce of the Modern Antiques, or The Merry Mourners.

First performed at the Theatre Royal, Smoke Alley 1792(?), and published in Dublin 1792.

Performance history in South Africa

First performed in Cape Town by the English Theatricals amateur company in the Cape Town Theatre (i.e. the African Theatre), on 3 May 1823, alongside Ways and Means (Colman Jr).

Repeated by the English Theatricals on 9 August 1823, alongside The Honey Moon (Tobin)

Sources

Oxford Text Archive[1]

Bosman, 1928: pp. 197,

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