Difference between revisions of "Match Making"
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
− | 1870: Performed in English as ''[[Match Making]]'' by the [[Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company]], Cape Town, on 25th August, with ''[[The Jeweller of St James]]''(Suter/) | + | 1870: Performed in English as ''[[Match Making]]'' by the [[Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company]], Cape Town, on 25th August, with ''[[The Jeweller of St James]]'' (Suter/De St Georges and De Leuven) |
== Sources == | == Sources == |
Revision as of 06:27, 2 October 2018
Match Making is a petite comedy in one act, translated from the French by John Poole (1786-1872)[1]
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated from an unknown French original by John Poole (1786-1872)[2], it was first performed in the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 25th August, 1821. Published by T.H. Lacy in Lacy’s Acting Edition in 1850.
Performance history in South Africa
1870: Performed in English as Match Making by the Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company, Cape Town, on 25th August, with The Jeweller of St James (Suter/De St Georges and De Leuven)
Sources
The Victorian Plays Project, Electronic Catalogue - Volume 27[3]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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