Difference between revisions of "The Apprentice"
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | First performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 8 October | + | 1808: First performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 8 October, with ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' (Goldsmith). Enhanced by a [[variety]] programme of song and dance, this was benefit evening for the widows and children of the 83rd Regiment. |
| − | Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 12 October, | + | 1812: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 12 October, with ''[[The Birthday, or the Prince of Arragon|Birth Day, The]]'' (O'Keeffe) and ''[[Silvester Daggerwood]]'' (Colman Jr). |
| − | Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 21 October | + | 1823: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 21 October, with ''[[The Road to Ruin]]'' (Holcroft), as a Benefit for [[J. Corbishly]]. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 05:27, 8 December 2015
A comedy by Arthur Murphy (1727 – 1805).
Originally written as a two-act farce entitled The Young Apprentice in 1754 and submitted to David Garrick, then withdrawn. Finally produced as an afterpiece in 1756 at the Drury Lane theatre. First published: 1756, for Paul Vaillant
Performance history in South Africa
1808: First performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 8 October, with She Stoops to Conquer (Goldsmith). Enhanced by a variety programme of song and dance, this was benefit evening for the widows and children of the 83rd Regiment.
1812: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 12 October, with Birth Day, The (O'Keeffe) and Silvester Daggerwood (Colman Jr).
1823: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 21 October, with The Road to Ruin (Holcroft), as a Benefit for J. Corbishly.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://projects.chass.utoronto.ca/prescrip/18thcComedy/plays/73_murp_apprentice.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Murphy_(writer)
Bosman, 1928: pp.77, 143
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