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A French play in five acts by Louis Sébastien Mercier (1740 – 1814).

First produced in Brest 23 January, 1771 by M. Patrat. Published in Lyon in 1717.

Translated and adapted into English as a prose play in three acts by Charles Kemble (1775–1854).

First performed in English at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1808, and published by Longman et al, London in 1808.

1822: Performed in the Kemble English version by the Garrison Players on 14 September 1822 in the African Theatre, with the burlesque Amoroso, King of Little Britain (Planché)) and The Irishman in London (Wm Macready)

Facsimile version of 1717 French text, the Digital Archive[1]

Digital facsimile version of 1808 text (A Google E-Book)[2]

Kemble, Charles (DNB00) in the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 [3]

Bosman, 1928: pp.182, 191

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-A French play by Louis Sébastien Mercier.
+A French play in five acts by Louis Sébastien Mercier (1740 – 1814).
+First produced in Brest 23 January, 1771 by M. Patrat. Published in Lyon in 1717.
+== Translations and adaptations ==
+Translated and adapted into English as a prose play in three acts by Charles Kemble (1775–1854).
+First performed in English at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1808, and published by Longman et al, London in 1808.
+== Performance history in South Africa ==
+: Performed in the Kemble English version by the [[Garrison Players]] on 14 September 1822 in the [[African Theatre]], with the burlesque ''[[Amoroso, King of Little Britain]]'' (Planché))  and ''[[The Irishman in London]]'' (Wm Macready)
+== Sources ==
+Facsimile version of 1717 French text, the Digital Archive[https://archive.org/details/ledserteurdrame00mercgoog]
+Digital facsimile version of 1808 text (A Google E-Book)[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=EGVVAAAAcAAJ&dq=The+Point+of+Honour+by+Kemble&source=gbs_navlinks_s]
+Kemble, Charles (DNB00) in the Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Kemble,_Charles_(DNB00)]
+[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp.182, 191
+Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
+== Return to ==
+Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 A|A]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
+Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
+Return to [[Main Page]]
 See [[The Point of Honour]]