The Sultan, or A Peep into the Seraglio

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The Sultan, or A Peep into the Seraglio is a farce in two acts by Isaac Bickerstaffe (1735-1812).


The original play

Based on Solyman le Second from the Contes Moraux by J. F. Marmontel, the play was acted at the Theatres Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. Published in London by fC. Dilly,1787.

(Wrongly listed by Bosman as The Sultan, or A Peep in the Seraglio

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Sultan, of Een Kykje in het Serail


Performance history in South Africa

1802: Performed in The African Theatre on 12 October by the "Thespian Society" of the Cape Town Garrison

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp.

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