Frederick of Prussia, or The Monarch and the Mimic
Frederick of Prussia, or The Monarch and the Mimic is a burletta in one act by Charles Selby
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The original text
First produced at the Queen's Theatre, London, as The King of Prussia on 24 July, 1837. Published in the same year as Frederick of Prussia, or The Monarch and the Mimic by Duncombe (no XXVII) in London. Later also editions by Dicks (No 423) and T.H. Lacy/S.French (French's acting edition No 478).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
CUP Archive. (nd). A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850, p.388[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.145,
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