Difference between revisions of "Match Making"
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| − | 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) | + | 1870: Performed in English as ''[[Match Making]]'' by the [[Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company]], Cape Town, in the [[Institute Assembly Hall]] on 25th August, with ''[[The Jeweller of St James]]'' (Suter/De St Georges and De Leuven) |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 05:33, 5 September 2020
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, in the Institute Assembly Hall 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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