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in the [[Drawing Room Theatre]], Cape Town, on Friday 13 July 1855 by [[Sefton Parry]], as a benefit performance for the Patriotic Fund, along with ''[[A Capital Match]]'' (J.M. Morton) and ''[[Monsieur Jacques]]'' (Barnett). | in the [[Drawing Room Theatre]], Cape Town, on Friday 13 July 1855 by [[Sefton Parry]], as a benefit performance for the Patriotic Fund, along with ''[[A Capital Match]]'' (J.M. Morton) and ''[[Monsieur Jacques]]'' (Barnett). | ||
Revision as of 17:16, 12 April 2014
A farce by John Maddison Morton (1811–1891)
Performed in London as A Thumping Legacy in 1843. Often subtitled, or alternatively titled The Cockney in Corsica
Performance history in South Africa
1852: Performed on Tuesday 13 April and again on 21 April by the Amateur Company under the title The Thumping Legacy in the Garrison Theatre, as one of two fundraisers for the survivors of the troop ship Birkenhead. It played as afterpiece to Don Caesar de Bazan, or Love and Honour (Webster and Boucicault).
1855: Performed under the title The Cockney in Corsica
in the Drawing Room Theatre, Cape Town, on Friday 13 July 1855 by Sefton Parry, as a benefit performance for the Patriotic Fund, along with A Capital Match (J.M. Morton) and Monsieur Jacques (Barnett).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
The Spectator, 18 FEBRUARY 1843, p. 15[1]
Bosman, 1928: pp.
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