Laugh When You Can
Laugh When You Can is a comedy in five acts by Frederick Reynolds (1764–1841)[1].
Contents
The original text
Performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden in 1799. Published by Longman in 1799. New edition, 1802
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1817: Presented in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 14 July, with as afterpiece The Adopted Child (Birch).
1817: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 11 October, with The Mayor of Garratt (Foote) and The Turnpike Gate (Knight)
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Reynolds
Facsimile version of the new edition, 1802, Google eBook[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 150-1,
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