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A Farce in One Act, Attributed to Thomas King (1730-1805),  though often credited to Sir John Vanbrugh(1664-1726), since it was an adaptation of ''[[The Mistake]]'' by Vanbrugh. First performed  as a benefit for King on 2 February 1790 at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.  
 
A Farce in One Act, Attributed to Thomas King (1730-1805),  though often credited to Sir John Vanbrugh(1664-1726), since it was an adaptation of ''[[The Mistake]]'' by Vanbrugh. First performed  as a benefit for King on 2 February 1790 at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.  
  

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See Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man

A Farce in One Act, Attributed to Thomas King (1730-1805), though often credited to Sir John Vanbrugh(1664-1726), since it was an adaptation of The Mistake by Vanbrugh. First performed as a benefit for King on 2 February 1790 at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.

Allardyce Nicoll (2009) also mentions two other adaptations under the same title, one by "D.L." (1816) and one by "Vic." (1864).

Published as "Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man: an Interlude in One Act, Altered from "the Mistake" of Sir J.V. by T. King", inter alia by J. Roach, 1806.


Performance history in South Africa

20 October 1832: Performed in Cape Town by the All the World's a Stage in The Cape Theatre, with The Slave, or The Revolt of Surinam (Morton). According to Bosman (1928), this was the Thomas King version.


Translations and adaptations

Sources

https://archive.org/details/loversquarrelsor00vanb

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lovers-quarrels-Like-master-like/dp/B0008B5ZPQ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_King_(actor)


Bosman, 1928: pp. 124,

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