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A comedy in 2 acts by John Howard Payne (though Washington Irving assisted in the writing of the play, even though he is uncredited, or at most mentioned as "contributor"). Based on (and largely 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.
 
 
 
Publisher: London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 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).
 
 
 
Performed in Cape Town (possibly by [[All the World's a Stage]]) in the newly renamed [[Hope Street Theatre]], now called the [[Victoria Theatre]],  on Tuesday  21 July, 1846,  with an interlude (''[[Fortune's Frolic, or The Ploughman turned Lord]]'' by Allingham) and as afterpiece  ''[[A Day after the Fair]]'' (Somerset).
 
 
 
Performed in Cape Town by members of the [[Garrison Players]], including [[Captain Hall]] and [[Lieutenant Johnson]], with the help of local English amateurs, on 24 March, 1852, as afterpiece to ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare). The performance was part of three evenings done  "for the benefit of the unfortunate soldiers who perished in H.M. Steamer ''Birkenhead''". Unfortunately it appears that the three performances had apparently not served their intended purpose, as they eventually ran at a loss of £30.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
http://www.brickrow.com/cgi-bin/brickrow/16094.html
 
 
 
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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