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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1850: Performed by "[[Captain Hall's Company]]" (popular name at the time for the [[Garrison Players]]) in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town , as an afterpiece to ''[[A New Way to Pay Old Debts]]'' (Massinger). | + | 1850: Performed on 17 September by "[[Captain Hall's Company]]" (popular name at the time for the [[Garrison Players]]) in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town , as an afterpiece to ''[[A New Way to Pay Old Debts]]'' (Massinger). |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 10:54, 9 April 2014
A one act farce by J.M. (John Maddison) Morton. It is based on a French one-act vaudeville, Frisette (by Labiche and Lefranc), which had been produced in Paris in 1846.
First produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on 1 November 1847, billed as a "romance of real life, it became a popular nineteenth century play.
Performance history in South Africa
1850: Performed on 17 September by "Captain Hall's Company" (popular name at the time for the Garrison Players) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town , as an afterpiece to A New Way to Pay Old Debts (Massinger).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_and_Cox
Bosman, 1928: pp.
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