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''[[Exchange No Robbery]]''  is a three-act comedy by Theodore Edward Hook (1788-1841)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Hook].
  
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(Though one source[http://www.eighteenthcenturydrama.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/HL_LA_mssLA2165] wrongly credits it to Theodore Brinsley Peake.)
  
 
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'''Also known as ''[[Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring]]''.'''
 
 
There appear to be two published and performed plays using this title (at least in part).
 
 
 
 
=''[[Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring]]'' by Theodore Brinsley Peake=
 
 
 
In 1820 a play called ''[[Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring]]'' by an unknown author was performed at The Theatre Royal, Haymarket and published by Wright in the same year. However, the Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Volume 4[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=oRsYAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA351&lpg=RA1-PA351&dq=Exchange+No+Robbery;+Or,+The+Diamond+Ring&source=bl&ots=MVK4P0Bo0G&sig=c889zTYWr7msfh2DZvKMCAluRAI&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNgN339N3NAhUEDMAKHWGrADYQ6AEIODAG#v=onepage&q=Exchange%20No%20Robbery%3B%20Or%2C%20The%20Diamond%20Ring&f=false] of 1820 actually ascribes the play to
 
 
 
 
 
In another source it is ascribed to Theodore Brinsley Peake, and said to have been first performed 12 Aug 1820. 
 
 
 
 
 
== The original text ==
 
 
 
 
 
== Performances in South Africa ==
 
 
 
 
 
According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p 188) a ply by this title was performed on 8 October 1825, but he appears to have confused this work with ''[[Exchange No Robbery]]'' by Hooke, for he gives both titles, though he ascribes the play to Hook. The character list from the handbill, cited by Bosman, actually points to the play by Hook. (see below)
 
 
 
 
=''[[Exchange No Robbery]]'' by Edward Hook (1788-1841)=
 
 
 
In 1825  a text entitled ''[[Exchange No Robbery]]'', described as a three-act comedy by Theodore Edward Hook (1788-1841), was performed at the Theatres Royal at Covent Garden and at Drury Lane, and published with explanatory notes by John Cumberland in 1825. According to the notes this  play's central incident is based on an earlier work called ''[[He Would be a Soldier]]'' by Frederick Pilon.
 
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
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According to notes in the 1825 edition, this  play's central incident is based on an earlier work called ''[[He Would be a Soldier]]'' a comedy in five acts by Frederick Pilon, performed in 1787 and published by John Exshaw.
  
 
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Hook adapted the play and its characters extensively, and his popular version was first performed at The Theatre Royal, Haymarket and published by Wright in the same year. Later also performed at the Theatres Royal at Covent Garden and at Drury Lane, and published again, now with explanatory notes, by John Cumberland in 1825.
 
 
   
 
 
 
  
 
== Performances in South Africa ==
 
== Performances in South Africa ==
 
   
 
   
  
1825: Produced in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 8 October, 1825,  using the title ''[[Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring]]'', but ascribed to Hooke. It was accompanied by  ''[[The Midnight Hour]]'' (Dumaniant/Inchbald). The players included [[Mr Hanson]], [[Mr Troward]], [[Mr Watt]], [[Sgt Corbishley]]. [[Mr Rundle]], [[Mr St John]], [[Howell]], [[Master Canterbury]], [[Mrs Black]], [[Mrs Gouland]], [[Mr Mills]], [[Mrs O'Brien]].
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1825: Produced in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 8 October, 1825,  using the full title ''[[Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring]]'', and ascribed to Hooke. It was accompanied by  ''[[The Midnight Hour]]'' (Dumaniant/Inchbald). The players included [[Mr Hanson]], [[Mr Troward]], [[Mr Watt]], [[Sgt Corbishley]]. [[Mr Rundle]], [[Mr St John]], [[Howell]], [[Master Canterbury]], [[Mrs Black]], [[Mrs Gouland]], [[Mr Mills]], [[Mrs O'Brien]].
  
 
= Sources =
 
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Facsimile version of the 1825 London edition of the text by John Cumberland, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ywUJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=Exchange+No+Robbery;+Or,+The+Diamond+Ring&source=bl&ots=qA0B5te1IO&sig=P7XQYsOB51bqRXufj1wmlSWP5gk&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNgN339N3NAhUEDMAKHWGrADYQ6AEILDAE#v=onepage&q=Exchange%20No%20Robbery%3B%20Or%2C%20The%20Diamond%20Ring&f=false]
 
Facsimile version of the 1825 London edition of the text by John Cumberland, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ywUJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=Exchange+No+Robbery;+Or,+The+Diamond+Ring&source=bl&ots=qA0B5te1IO&sig=P7XQYsOB51bqRXufj1wmlSWP5gk&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNgN339N3NAhUEDMAKHWGrADYQ6AEILDAE#v=onepage&q=Exchange%20No%20Robbery%3B%20Or%2C%20The%20Diamond%20Ring&f=false]
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The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Volume 4[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=oRsYAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA351&lpg=RA1-PA351&dq=Exchange+No+Robbery;+Or,+The+Diamond+Ring&source=bl&ots=MVK4P0Bo0G&sig=c889zTYWr7msfh2DZvKMCAluRAI&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNgN339N3NAhUEDMAKHWGrADYQ6AEIODAG#v=onepage&q=Exchange%20No%20Robbery%3B%20Or%2C%20The%20Diamond%20Ring&f=false]
  
 
[[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.188
 
[[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.188
  
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''[[Exchange No Robbery]]'' is a three-act comedy by Theodore Edward Hook (1788-1841), performed at the Theatres Royal at Covent Garden and at Drury Lane, and published with explanatory notes by John Cumberland in 1825. According to the notes this  play's central incident is based on an earlier work called ''[[He Would be a Soldier]]'' by Frederick Pilon.
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It appears to have been confused with another play ''[[Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring]]'' (Peake) by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928: p 188). However the character list provided by Bosman points to the play by Hook.
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'''See ''[[Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring]]'''''
 

Revision as of 07:12, 6 July 2016

Exchange No Robbery is a three-act comedy by Theodore Edward Hook (1788-1841)[1].

(Though one source[2] wrongly credits it to Theodore Brinsley Peake.)

Also known as Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring.

The original text

According to notes in the 1825 edition, this play's central incident is based on an earlier work called He Would be a Soldier a comedy in five acts by Frederick Pilon, performed in 1787 and published by John Exshaw.

Hook adapted the play and its characters extensively, and his popular version was first performed at The Theatre Royal, Haymarket and published by Wright in the same year. Later also performed at the Theatres Royal at Covent Garden and at Drury Lane, and published again, now with explanatory notes, by John Cumberland in 1825.

Performances in South Africa

1825: Produced in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 8 October, 1825, using the full title Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring, and ascribed to Hooke. It was accompanied by The Midnight Hour (Dumaniant/Inchbald). The players included Mr Hanson, Mr Troward, Mr Watt, Sgt Corbishley. Mr Rundle, Mr St John, Howell, Master Canterbury, Mrs Black, Mrs Gouland, Mr Mills, Mrs O'Brien.

Sources

Entry on Exchange no Robbery or The Diamond Ring in Google Books[3]

http://www.eighteenthcenturydrama.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/HL_LA_mssLA2165

Facsimile version of the 1825 London edition of the text by John Cumberland, Google E-book[4]

The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Volume 4[5]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [6]: pp.188

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