Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man

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A Farce in One Act, Attributed to Thomas King (1730-1805), though often also credited to Sir John Vanbrugh(1664-1726)


The original text

The King version was an adaptation of Vanbrugh's play The Mistake. The King version 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

1824: Performed on 1 June in Cape Town by the Amateur Company in The Cape Theatre, with The Heir at Law (Colman Jr). According to Bosman (1928), this was the Thomas King version.

1830: Played on 14 August by the All the World's a Stage in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to . (King) as afterpiece.

1832: Performed on 20 October 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. 185,224, Go to ESAT Bibliography

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