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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
First performed at Covent Garden in 1825, not to great success, and published in London by J. Cumberland, 183? and Davidson, 183?.
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First performed at Covent Garden on February 28, 1825, though not to great success, and published in London by J. Cumberland, 183? and Davidson, 183?.
  
 
== Translations and adaptations ==
 
== Translations and adaptations ==

Revision as of 12:32, 1 January 2016

Father and Son, or The Rock of Charbonniére is a drama in two acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[1]. Also given as Father and Son, or The Rock of La Charbonniere in some sources.

The original text

First performed at Covent Garden on February 28, 1825, though not to great success, and published in London by J. Cumberland, 183? and Davidson, 183?.

Translations and adaptations

South African performances

1826: Performed for the first time in Cape Town on 26 June by the English Comedy in the Cape Town Theatre, under the inaccurate title of Father and Son, or The Rocks of la Charbonière, with as afterpiece Sharp and Flat (Lawler). Done as a benefit for Mr Whiley.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball

Facsimile version of the 1860 the French's Acting Edition, HathiTrust Digital Library[2]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[3]: pp. 200,

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