Animal Magnetism

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Animal Magnetism is farce in three acts by Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821)[1].

Also occurs with a subtitle as Animal Magnetism, or A Cure for the Hydrophobia.


The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in 1788(?).

Printed in Dublin, printed for P. Byron, Grafton street.

Performance history in South Africa

1831: Performed by All the World's a Stage under the management of Mr Booth in the African Theatre 29 October, 1831, billed as Animal Magnetism, or A Cure for the Hydrophobia. Served as afterpiece to Der Freischütz, or The Seventh Bullet (Weber).

Translations and adaptations

Sources

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004834158.0001.000/1:3?rgn=div1;view=fulltext

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Inchbald

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 217-8.

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