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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 23 June 1831: Performed in Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]], with ''[[Richard | + | 23 June 1831: Performed in Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]], with ''[[Richard III|Richard the Third, or The Battle of Bosworth's Field]]'' (Shakespeare). |
1837: Brought to in Cape Town as a part of a puppet show put on by the so-called "[[Automata]]" or "[[Automaton]] Figures", large mechanical puppets, by [[W.F.H. Parker]] in 1837. It was performed along with ''[[Polander]]'', the dramatic play ''[[The Enchanted Turk]]'' and ''[[Joey Grimaldi's Trip to Brentford]]''. | 1837: Brought to in Cape Town as a part of a puppet show put on by the so-called "[[Automata]]" or "[[Automaton]] Figures", large mechanical puppets, by [[W.F.H. Parker]] in 1837. It was performed along with ''[[Polander]]'', the dramatic play ''[[The Enchanted Turk]]'' and ''[[Joey Grimaldi's Trip to Brentford]]''. | ||
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A play by Thomas Morton. A two-act musical entertainment.
First performed at the Haymarket 1 October 1793. A pirated edition published in Dublin, 1794. Printed for John Rice
Performance history in South Africa
23 June 1831: Performed in Cape Town by All the World's a Stage in the Cape Town Theatre, with Richard the Third, or The Battle of Bosworth's Field (Shakespeare).
1837: Brought to in Cape Town as a part of a puppet show put on by the so-called "Automata" or "Automaton Figures", large mechanical puppets, by W.F.H. Parker in 1837. It was performed along with Polander, the dramatic play The Enchanted Turk and Joey Grimaldi's Trip to Brentford.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(playwright)
Bosman, 1928: p. 216, 231
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