The Committee, or The Faithful Irishman
A comedy by Sir Robert Howard (1626-1698).
Also known simply as The Committee.
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The original text
Probably first performed in London in 1662, and printed 1665.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted as a popular two act farce called The Honest Thieves by Thomas Knight in 1797. First performed in the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 9 May 1797, and published G. Cawthorn in the same year.
Performance history in South Africa
See also The Honest Thieves
Sources
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Knight,_Thomas_(d.1820)_(DNB00)
Facsimile version of the 1797 text, Google eBooks[1]
https://archive.org/details/sirroberthowards00howarich
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 413, 510
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