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| − | ''[[Medea, or The Best of Mothers, with a Brute of a Husband]]'' is a burlesque in one act by Robert B. Brough (1828-1860).
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | A one act [[burlesque]] version of Euripides's ''[[Medea]]'', it was first performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, July 14, 1856. Published by T.H. Lacy, London, in 1856.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | ==Performance history in South Africa==
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| − | 1858: Performed in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town on 11 May by the [[Cape Town Dramatic Club]], with ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (Taylor), with a "Highland Fling" by an amateur. .
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| − | 1858: Performed in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town on 18 May by the [[Cape Town Dramatic Club]], with ''[[Still Waters Run Deep]]'' (Taylor), in addition to a "Highland Fling" by an amateur and a "song in character" by [[J.E.H. English]].
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| − | ==Sources==
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| − | Facsimile version of the 1856 Lacy edition, ''Hathi Trust Digital Archive''[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112041362572;view=1up;seq=6]
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 144, 147-8
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