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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1854: Performed by the [[City Amateur Theatrical Society]] on Wednesday, 26th July in the Dutch Company's [[Bree Street Theatre]] (corner of Dorp Street), Cape Town. It followed ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Act 3) and ''[[A Race for Dinner]]'' (Rodwell), and was itself followed by ''[[Ion]]'' (Talfourd). | + | 1854: Performed by the [[City Amateur Theatrical Society]] on Wednesday, 26th July in the Dutch Company's [[Bree Street Theatre]] (corner of Dorp Street), Cape Town. It followed ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Act 3) and ''[[A Race for a Dinner]]'' (Rodwell), and was itself followed by ''[[Ion]]'' (Talfourd). |
It was played again by the same company a month later, on Monday 21 August, preceded by ''[[The Mendicant]]'' (G. à Beckett) and ''[[The First Floor]]'' (Cobb) | It was played again by the same company a month later, on Monday 21 August, preceded by ''[[The Mendicant]]'' (G. à Beckett) and ''[[The First Floor]]'' (Cobb) | ||
Revision as of 06:10, 29 April 2014
(Also written The Secret!) A comedy by Edward Morris. Written and first performed at the Drury Lane theatre in 1799.
Performance history in South Africa
1854: Performed by the City Amateur Theatrical Society on Wednesday, 26th July in the Dutch Company's Bree Street Theatre (corner of Dorp Street), Cape Town. It followed Hamlet (Act 3) and A Race for a Dinner (Rodwell), and was itself followed by Ion (Talfourd).
It was played again by the same company a month later, on Monday 21 August, preceded by The Mendicant (G. à Beckett) and The First Floor (Cobb)
Translations and adaptations
Sources
David Erskine Baker, Isaac Reed, Stephen Jones: Biographia Dramatica; or A Companion to the Playhouse. (Volume III – M-Z) London: Longman et al, 1812.[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp.426-427
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