Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793

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Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793 is a comic drama in one act by Charles Dance (1794 – 1863)[1] and James Robinson Planché.


The original text

There is some confusion about the work in the sources however, for only does the work appear under varying titles (Delicate ground or, Paris in 1793, Delicate Ground, in Paris in 1793, or simply Delicate Ground!), it is also ascribed at times to Charles Dance only, sometimes to James Robinson Planché, and on others to both authors. (See for example the sources apparently used by Bosman, 1928, pp. 399, 430) However, the original 1849 text gives the author as Dance only. In addition the publication dates differ vastly, with some versions indicating that it was first performed in the Royal Lyceum Theatre, London, Wednesday November 27 1849 and published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1849. Yet William Taylor & Company are also mentioned, as is an edition dated 1800 by Samuel French, New York (though this might have been a general indication of the century of publication).

The original text

Performance history in South Africa

1850: Performed by the 73rd Regiment (Garrison Players) in the Garrison Theatre on Wednesday 26th September, with The Sentinel, A Lover by Proxy! (Boucicault) and Box and Cox (Morton).


Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)

Text of play in the Library of Congress Internet Archive[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9_bibliography

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Delicate-Ground-or-Paris-1793-Charles-Dance/9781161715453

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 399, 430

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Performance history in South Africa

Performed in the Drawing Room Theatre, Cape Town on Monday 2 July 1855 by Sefton Parry, followed by Monsieur Jacques (Barnett) and Domestic Economy (Lemon).

Translations and adaptations

Sources

Bosman, 1928: pp. 399430

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