The Will for the Deed

The Will for the Deed is a comedy in three acts by Thomas John Dibdin (1771 – 1841)[1]

The original text

First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden and printed in London by in 1804 and by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme in 1805.

Translations and adaptations

F.C.L. Bosman (1928: p. 146) refers to the play by a Dutch title (De Wil voor de Daad) , though it would seem this is simply a translation of the title of the English play by a Dutch source.

Performance history in South Africa

1815: Performed on 6 May by the Garrison Players in Cape Town, followed by a "Harlequin Pantomime" called (in Dutch) Oud tot Jong Gemaald, of De Krommesprongen van Harlequin.

Sources

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

http://www.bookdepository.com/Will-for-Deed-Thomas-Dibdin/9780548701614

Facsimile version of the 1805 text of The Will for the Deed - Google E-book[2]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 146

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