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Love à la Mode is a comic satire in two acts by Charles Macklin (1699–1797)[1]

First played: 1759 at the Drury Lane Theatre, London. First published: 1779.

1807: Was to have been performed in Cape Town on 29 August by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to She Stoops to Conquer (Goldsmith), but was replaced by Love à la Mode (Macklin), when they had difficulty they had getting the music.

1824: Performed in Cape Town on 10 April by the English Theatricals amateur company in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to Tekeli, or The Siege of Montgatz (Hook).

1853: Performed in Grahamstown on Tuesday 11 October by the Garrison Players in the Theatre Royal, with as afterpiece The Three Clerks (Oxberry).

Facsimile version of the 1806 edition of the text, Google E-book[2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 73, 198, 507

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed in Cape Town on 29 August by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' (Goldsmith).
+: Was to have been performed in Cape Town on 29 August by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' (Goldsmith), but was replaced by ''[[Love à la Mode]]'' (Macklin), when they had difficulty they had getting the music.
 : Performed in Cape Town on 10 April by the [[English Theatricals]] amateur company in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[Tekeli, or The Siege of Montgatz]]'' (Hook).