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A Farce in One Act, Attributed to Thomas King (1730-1805),  though often credited to Sir John Vanbrugh(1664-1726), since it was an adaptation of ''[[The Mistake]]'' by Vanbrugh. First performed  as a benefit for King on 2 February 1790 at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.  
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A Farce in One Act, Attributed to Thomas King (1730-1805),  though often credited to Sir John Vanbrugh(1664-1726), since it was an adaptation of Vanbrugh's play ''[[The Mistake]]''. First performed  as a benefit for King on 2 February 1790 at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.  
  
 
Allardyce Nicoll (2009) also mentions two other adaptations under the same title, one by "D.L." (1816) and one by "Vic." (1864).
 
Allardyce Nicoll (2009) also mentions two other adaptations under the same title, one by "D.L." (1816) and one by "Vic." (1864).

Revision as of 09:45, 8 April 2014

A Farce in One Act, Attributed to Thomas King (1730-1805), though often credited to Sir John Vanbrugh(1664-1726), since it was an adaptation of Vanbrugh's play The Mistake. First performed as a benefit for King on 2 February 1790 at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden.

Allardyce Nicoll (2009) also mentions two other adaptations under the same title, one by "D.L." (1816) and one by "Vic." (1864).

Published as "Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man: an Interlude in One Act, Altered from "the Mistake" of Sir J.V. by T. King", inter alia by J. Roach, 1806.


Performance history in South Africa

20 October 1832: Performed in Cape Town by the All the World's a Stage in The Cape Theatre, with The Slave, or The Revolt of Surinam (Morton). According to Bosman (1928), this was the Thomas King version.


Translations and adaptations

Sources

https://archive.org/details/loversquarrelsor00vanb

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lovers-quarrels-Like-master-like/dp/B0008B5ZPQ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_King_(actor)


Bosman, 1928: pp. 124,

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