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A comedy in 2 acts by John Howard Payne. An English translation of Alexandre Duval's ''La Jeunesse de Henri V'', itself taken from earlier works.
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Produced in America in 1824.
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
This play was apparently very popular in Cape Town during the mid-19th century.
 
 
 
Produced in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 27 August, 1825, with as afterpiece the farce ''[[X.Y.Z.]]'' (Colman the Younger).
 
 
 
Performed in Cape Town by the [[Cape Town Amateur Company]] on 20 June 1829, with ''[[The Liar]]'' (Foote) as afterpiece.
 
 
 
Performed in Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] on 19 June, 1830, as afterpiece to ''[[The Gambler's Fate, or A Lapse of Twenty Years]]'' (Thompson). Billed as a "Petite Comedy" on this occasion.
 
 
 
Performed once more ("by special request") in Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] on 11 June, 1831,  as afterpiece to ''[[The School of Reform, or How to Rule a Husband]]'' (Th. Morton).
 
 
 
Performed in Cape Town by members of [[All the World's a Stage]], led by [[Mr. Heath]] from the Theatre Royal at Liverpool,  on 30 November 1833, as afterpiece to ''[[Venice Preserved]]'' (Otway).
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
http://www.answers.com/topic/charles-the-second
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p 187,202,214,216,228,401,415
 
 
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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