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''[[A Nice Quiet Day]]'' is a farce by H.J. Hipkins and Gaston Murray.  
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''[[A Nice Quiet Day]]'' is a farce in one act by H.J. Hipkins (fl mid-19th century) and Gaston Murray (1826-1869)[http://garrick.ssl.co.uk/names/SMU005].  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
First performed in the Royal Theatre, London on 26 December, 1861.
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First performed in the New Royalty Theatre in Soho, London on 26 December, 1861. Published in By T.H. Lacy as Vol. 54, no. 808.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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1869: Performed by the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] (amateur players from the [[99th Regiment]]) in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town, on 19 May, with as ''[[The Gipsy Farmer, or Jack and Jack's Brother]]'' (Johnstone) and "I always was a Swell", a comic song  sung "in character" by [[R. Norcliffe]].
 
1869: Performed by the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] (amateur players from the [[99th Regiment]]) in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town, on 19 May, with as ''[[The Gipsy Farmer, or Jack and Jack's Brother]]'' (Johnstone) and "I always was a Swell", a comic song  sung "in character" by [[R. Norcliffe]].
  
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== Sources ==
  
1878: Performed as ''[[Jack and Jack's Brother]]''  by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 24 May, with ''[[The Captain's not a Miss]]'' (Wilks) and "the main scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]]''"  (Defoe/ Byron)
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Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''History of English Drama, 1660-1900'', Volume 5. Cambridge University Press, p. 808[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA808&lpg=PA808&dq=A+Nice+Quiet+Day+a+farce+by+Hipkins+and+Murray&source=bl&ots=j0acrpI7uu&sig=ACfU3U3sUDOow74IAtUIRzhRZMyv3lXrNA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwij9-_axYrgAhUxzoUKHY3DDpkQ6AEwBXoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=A%20Nice%20Quiet%20Day%20a%20farce%20by%20Hipkins%20and%20Murray&f=false]
  
== Sources ==
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Plays Licensed in 1861 - Royal Holloway (53010 A-Y. ''Lord Chamberlain's Plays'', 1852-1866: December 1861).[https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/dramaandtheatre/documents/pdf/lcp/playslicensedin1861.pdf]
  
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''History of English Drama, 1660-1900'', Volume 5. Cambridge University Press, p. 808[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA808&lpg=PA808&dq=A+Nice+Quiet+Day+a+farce+by+Hipkins+and+Murray&source=bl&ots=j0acrpI7uu&sig=ACfU3U3sUDOow74IAtUIRzhRZMyv3lXrNA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwij9-_axYrgAhUxzoUKHY3DDpkQ6AEwBXoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=A%20Nice%20Quiet%20Day%20a%20farce%20by%20Hipkins%20and%20Murray&f=false]
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http://garrick.ssl.co.uk/names/SMU005
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 264, 341, 369, 370
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 264,  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 04:49, 6 November 2020

A Nice Quiet Day is a farce in one act by H.J. Hipkins (fl mid-19th century) and Gaston Murray (1826-1869)[1].

The original text

First performed in the New Royalty Theatre in Soho, London on 26 December, 1861. Published in By T.H. Lacy as Vol. 54, no. 808.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1869: Performed by the Lanarkshire Dramatic Club (amateur players from the 99th Regiment) in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 19 May, with as The Gipsy Farmer, or Jack and Jack's Brother (Johnstone) and "I always was a Swell", a comic song sung "in character" by R. Norcliffe.

Sources

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5. Cambridge University Press, p. 808[2]

Plays Licensed in 1861 - Royal Holloway (53010 A-Y. Lord Chamberlain's Plays, 1852-1866: December 1861).[3]

http://garrick.ssl.co.uk/names/SMU005

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 264,

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