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A musical farce by Richard Brinsley Peake. Sometimes given a fuller title: Amateurs and Actors, or A Peep behind the Curtain

Performed at the at the English Opera House and printed 1818.

1831: Performed on 8 October, under the full title by All the World's a Stage, as afterpiece to Ambrose Guinett, or A Sea-Side Story (Jerrold).

1832: Performed on 3 March by All the World's a Stage as afterpiece to Othello.

1835: Played on 28 April by the Garrison Players (the Officers of the 98th Regiment) in the Amateur Theatre, under the shorter title, as afterpiece to The Flying Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship (Fitzball).

1838: Performed on Monday 9 April, under the shorter title by the Private Amateur Company on , alongside Love in humble Life (Payne) and The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles (Planché).

Google Books[1]

The Spectator archives[2]

Bosman, 1928: pp. 207, 217, 220

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-October, 1831: Performed under the full title by [[All the World's a Stage]], as afterpiece to ''[[Ambrose Guinett, or A Sea-Side Story]]'' (Jerrold).
+: Performed on 8 October, under the full title by [[All the World's a Stage]], as afterpiece to ''[[Ambrose Guinett, or A Sea-Side Story]]'' (Jerrold).
+: Performed on 3 March by [[All the World's a Stage]] as afterpiece to ''[[Othello]]''.
-March, 1832: Repeated by [[All the World's a Stage]]  as afterpiece to ''[[Othello]]''.
+: Played on 28 April by the [[Garrison Players]] (the [[Officers of the 98th Regiment]])  in the [[Amateur Theatre]], under the shorter title, as afterpiece to ''[[The Flying Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship]]'' (Fitzball).
-April, 1835: Played by the Garrison Players (the Officers of the 98th Regiment) in the [[Amateur Theatre]], under the shorter title, as afterpiece to ''[[The Flying Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship]]'' (Fitzball).
+: Performed on Monday 9 April, under the shorter title by the [[Private Amateur Company]] on , alongside ''[[Love in humble Life]]'' (Payne) and ''[[The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles]]'' (Planché).
-Monday 9 April, 1838: Performed under the shorter title by the [[Private Amateur Company]] on , alongside ''[[Love in humble Life]]'' (Payne) and ''[[The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles]]'' (Planché).
 ==Translations and adaptations==