A Thumping Legacy
A farce by John Maddison Morton (1811–1891)
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Performed in London as A Thumping Legacy in 1843. Often subtitled, or alternatively titled, The Cockney in Corsica
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Performance history in South Africa
1852: Performed on Tuesday 13 April and again on 21 April by the Amateur Company under the title The Thumping Legacy in the Garrison Theatre, as one of three fundraisers for the survivors of the troop ship Birkenhead. It played as afterpiece to Don Caesar de Bazan, or Love and Honour (Webster and Boucicault).
1854: Performed under the title The Thumping Legacy by the Amateur Theatrical Society Port Elizabeth in the new Port Elizabeth Theatre on Fridy 7 July, with The Road to Ruin (Holcroft).
1855: Performed under the title The Cockney in Corsica in the Drawing Room Theatre, Cape Town, on Friday 13 July 1855 by Sefton Parry, as a benefit performance for the Patriotic Fund, along with A Capital Match (J.M. Morton) and Monsieur Jacques (Barnett).
Sources
The Spectator, 18 February 1843, p.15[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 402-3, 508
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