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''[[Damp Beds]]'' is a farce in two acts by Thomas Parry (1806-1862)[http://www.priceonepenny.info/database/show_author.php?author_id=99].
  
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Also written ''[[Damp Beds!]]''
  
First produced in South Africa on 20 August, 1847 by [[W.F.H. Parker]] and a company of English amateurs in the [[Drury Lane Theatre]] in Cape Town.  The evening also included a rustic dance, two comic songs and ''[[The King's Command]]'' , a historical drama by Charles Thompson. Performers included [[Mr Miller]], [[Mr Etton]], [[Mr Rogers]], [[Mr Hughes]], [[Mr Herbert]], [[Mr Tilbury]], [[Mrs Parker]] and [[Mrs Hughes]]. The Company Manager was [[W.F.H. Parker]] and the Stage Manager Mr [[H. Hughes]]  
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==The original text==
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Performed at the Strand Theatre on 29 May 1832 and published in 1832(*?) by J. Duncombe & co.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1847: First produced in South Africa on 20 August by [[W.F.H. Parker]] and a company of English amateurs in the [[Drury Lane Theatre]] in Cape Town.  The evening also included a rustic dance, two comic songs and ''[[The King's Command]]'' , a historical drama by Charles Thompson. Performers included [[Mr Miller]], [[Mr Etton]], [[Mr Rogers]], [[Mr Hughes]], [[Mr Herbert]], [[Mr Tilbury]], [[Mrs Parker]] and [[Mrs Hughes]]. The Company Manager was [[W.F.H. Parker]] and the Stage Manager Mr [[H. Hughes]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
Bosman 1928: pp 418-420
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Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900'', Volume 4. Cambridge University Press: p. 368[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=mgSZjOrtHZgC&pg=PA368&lpg=PA368&dq=Damp+Beds+by+Thomas+Parry&source=bl&ots=yXLk9GpGIw&sig=-OCKcHsOL737_5wOCdqoFceg95o&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLx5PU3_rQAhUpCcAKHfHZDGsQ6AEIGDAA#v=onepage&q=Damp%20Beds%20by%20Thomas%20Parry&f=false]
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https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009709119
  
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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http://www.priceonepenny.info/database/show_author.php?author_id=99
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.418-420
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Latest revision as of 10:00, 17 December 2016

Damp Beds is a farce in two acts by Thomas Parry (1806-1862)[1].

Also written Damp Beds!

The original text

Performed at the Strand Theatre on 29 May 1832 and published in 1832(*?) by J. Duncombe & co.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1847: First produced in South Africa on 20 August by W.F.H. Parker and a company of English amateurs in the Drury Lane Theatre in Cape Town. The evening also included a rustic dance, two comic songs and The King's Command , a historical drama by Charles Thompson. Performers included Mr Miller, Mr Etton, Mr Rogers, Mr Hughes, Mr Herbert, Mr Tilbury, Mrs Parker and Mrs Hughes. The Company Manager was W.F.H. Parker and the Stage Manager Mr H. Hughes.

Sources

Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. A History of English Drama 1660-1900, Volume 4. Cambridge University Press: p. 368[2]

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009709119

http://www.priceonepenny.info/database/show_author.php?author_id=99

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp.418-420


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