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Published as "''[[Love in a Sack]]''. As it is now acted at the New-Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn Fields" in London by W. Mears, 1715 . | Published as "''[[Love in a Sack]]''. As it is now acted at the New-Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn Fields" in London by W. Mears, 1715 . | ||
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A farce by by Benjamin Griffin (1680–1740)
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The original text
Based in part on May Day (1611) by George Chapman, the play is first mentioned on 14 June 1715, when Griffin himself played "Sir Arthur Addlepate" at the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields. .
Published as "Love in a Sack. As it is now acted at the New-Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn Fields" in London by W. Mears, 1715 .
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1818: Produced as Sandy and Jenny, or Love in the Sack (and termed "a Divertissement") in the African Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa on 21 November by the Gentlemen Amateurs, with the help of four professional actors from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool (en route to Calcutta), led by Mr Cooke. The accompanying pieces were Catherine and Petrucchio (Shakespeare) and Crochet Lodge (Hurlstone)
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Griffin_(actor)
Students' Academy Famous English Renaissance Dramatists Volume Three: George Chapman (Lulu.com)[1]
WorldCat entry[2]
http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2461065
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 155
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