The Fashionable Lover

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The Fashionable Lover is a comedy by Richard Cumberland (1732 – 1811)[1].


The original text

A sentimental comedy about the adventures of a young ward fleeing the attentions of a villainous lord, it was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in January 1772, and published by W.Griffin in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1827: Performed in English by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense on 12 June, with Botheration, or A Ten Years' Blunder n(Walley, Chamberlain and Oulton).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fashionable_Lover

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cumberland_(dramatist)

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 298

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