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1866: Performed as ''[[Look Before You Leap]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 April, with ''[[A Devilish Good Joke, or A Night's Frolic]]'' (Higgie) and ''[[The Dear Admiral]]'' (Anon.). | 1866: Performed as ''[[Look Before You Leap]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 April, with ''[[A Devilish Good Joke, or A Night's Frolic]]'' (Higgie) and ''[[The Dear Admiral]]'' (Anon.). | ||
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Revision as of 05:52, 19 June 2020
Look Before You Leap, or Wooings and Weddings is a a comedy in five acts by George William Lovell (1804-1878)[1]
Also found listed simply as Look Before You Leap.
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, on October 29, 1846. The prompt book was published by the National Acting Drama Office in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as Look Before You Leap by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 26 April, with A Devilish Good Joke, or A Night's Frolic (Higgie) and The Dear Admiral (Anon.).
1866: Performed in English as Look Before You Leap by the Le Roy and Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, on 20 October, with A Ticket of Leave () and The Two Galley Slaves (Ducange/Payne).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1846 publication by the National Acting Drama Office, HathiTrust Digital Library[2]
"Online Books by George W. Lovell", The Online Books Page[3]
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lovell,_George_William_(DNB00)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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