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''[[A Quiet Family]]'' is a farce by William E. Suter
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''[[A Quiet Family]]'' is a farce in one act by William E. Suter (1811?-1882)[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Suter%2C%20William%20E.%2C%201811%3F-1882]
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Sometimes found as '''''[[The Quiet Family]]'''''
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Published in London as ''Lacy's acting edition volume 30'' by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in 1857.
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First performed at the Royal Surrey Theatre, London, in 1857 and published as ''Lacy's acting edition volume 30'' by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in the same year.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on  
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1875: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 29 April, with ''[[East Lynne]]'' (Wood).
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1875: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 13 May, with ''[[Pygmalion and Galatea]]'' ().
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1876: Performed (possibly as ''[[The Quiet Family]]'') by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, on 5 May and 2 June, with ''[[East Lynne]]'' (Wood).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://books.google.co.za/books/about/A_quiet_family_an_original_farce.html?id=gNw1xwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
 
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/A_quiet_family_an_original_farce.html?id=gNw1xwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
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Online Books by William E. Suter, ''[[The Online Books Page]]''[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Suter%2C%20William%20E.%2C%201811%3F-1882]
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.323-4, 339-340
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 09:43, 17 March 2021

A Quiet Family is a farce in one act by William E. Suter (1811?-1882)[1]

Sometimes found as The Quiet Family

The original text

First performed at the Royal Surrey Theatre, London, in 1857 and published as Lacy's acting edition volume 30 by Thomas Hailes Lacy in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1875: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 29 April, with East Lynne (Wood).

1875: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 13 May, with Pygmalion and Galatea ().

1876: Performed (possibly as The Quiet Family) by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 5 May and 2 June, with East Lynne (Wood).

Sources

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/A_quiet_family_an_original_farce.html?id=gNw1xwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

Online Books by William E. Suter, The Online Books Page[2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.323-4, 339-340

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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