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Revision as of 07:16, 8 May 2015
A farce in two acts by Theodore Edward Hook (1788-1841), with music by Mr Hook, Snr (1746-1827).
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The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in 1809. A scene ridiculing Methodists was suppressed by order of the Lord Chamberlain, but later published.
Published in London: Printed by W. Flint, for S. Tipper, 1809.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1823: Apparently a copy of the music for this play was sought by the Garrison Players in Cape Town, though no performance is recorded in this year.
1829: Performed by the English Theatrical Amateur Company in The African Theatre, Cape Town on 3 October, with The Curfew (listed as by "Tobois", actually by Tobin)
Sources
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023922
Facsimile version of the 1809 edition , Google eBook[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 184, 203
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