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''[[Liberty-Hall, or A Test of Good Fellowship]]'' is a play by Charles Dibdin ()[]
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''[[Liberty-Hall, or A Test of Good Fellowship]]'' is a comic opera in two acts by Charles Dibdin the Elder (1745 - 1814)[]
  
Often found as '''''[[Liberty Hall]]'''''
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Also found as '''''[[Liberty Hall]]'''''
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
 
Based on a an intrigue in ''[[The Intriguing Chambermaid]]'' by Henry Fielding,  
 
Based on a an intrigue in ''[[The Intriguing Chambermaid]]'' by Henry Fielding,  
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First performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, London. First published by G. Kearsley,1785.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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"Liberty-Hall" on [[Great Writers Inspire]], Oxford University [https://writersinspire.org/content/liberty-hall-or-test-good-fellowship-comic-opera-two-acts-it-performed-greatest-applause]
  
 
[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

Revision as of 06:17, 14 July 2020

Liberty-Hall, or A Test of Good Fellowship is a comic opera in two acts by Charles Dibdin the Elder (1745 - 1814)[]

Also found as Liberty Hall

The original text

Based on a an intrigue in The Intriguing Chambermaid by Henry Fielding,

First performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, London. First published by G. Kearsley,1785.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1895: Performed by Edward Sass and his Gaiety Company, under the auspices of the Wheeler Company, as part of a season of eight plays with which they toured the cities, inter alia appearing at the Opera House, Cape Town, from 1 June.

1916: Performed at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg, featuring Florence Creagh

Sources

"Liberty-Hall" on Great Writers Inspire, Oxford University [1]

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205

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