Life, A Comedy

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A comedy in five acts by Frederick Reynolds (1764–1841)

The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden early in November 1800 and published in 1800.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1824: Performed by the Garrison Amateur Players, with The Irish Tutor (Glengall) as afterpiece in the African Theatre on 4 and 22 September 1824. Among th eplayers were Mr Miles, Mr Hanson, Mr Gouland, Mr Palm, Sgt Corbishley and Mrs Green.

Sources

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Life_a_comedy.html?id=XhkOAAAAQAAJ&redir_esc=y

The life and times of Frederick Reynolds by Frederick Reynolds (1827) [1]

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

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp185-6

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