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| − | A farce in two acts by David Garrick (1717 – 1779) | + | A farce in two acts by David Garrick (1717 – 1779) |
| − | First staged at Drury Lane Theatre on 23 October 1772 | + | |
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| + | == The original text == | ||
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| + | The plot in part derived from of ''[[Le Mariage force]]'' by Molière. First staged at Drury Lane Theatre on 23 October 1772 and first published in 1772, for T. Becket. | ||
== Performances in South Africa == | == Performances in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 06:57, 26 December 2015
A farce in two acts by David Garrick (1717 – 1779)
The original text
The plot in part derived from of Le Mariage force by Molière. First staged at Drury Lane Theatre on 23 October 1772 and first published in 1772, for T. Becket.
Performances in South Africa
1824: Presented in Cape Town, in South Africa under by the English Theatricals in the African Theatre 22 May 1824, as afterpiece to The Mountaineers (Colman). Repeated on 12 June 1824, as afterpiece to Lovers' Vows (Inchbald/Kotzebue)
1838: Performed on 2 April by the 27th Enniskillen Regiment (see Garrison Players) in "The Theatre, New Barracks" (see Barracks Theatre) with The Rivals (Sheridan).
Sources
http://projects.chass.utoronto.ca/prescrip/18thcComedy/plays/64_gar_irish.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Irish_Widow
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[1]: pp. 196, 198-199,
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