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First performed in Cape Town by the [[English Theatricals]] amateur company in the [[Cape Town Theatre]] (i.e. the [[African Theatre]]),  on 3 May 1823, alongside ''[[Ways and Means]]'' (Colman Jr).  
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1823: Performed in Cape Town by the [[English Theatricals]] amateur company in the [[Cape Town Theatre]] (i.e. the [[African Theatre]]),  on 3 May, with ''[[Ways and Means]]'' (Colman Jr).  
  
Repeated by the [[English Theatricals]] on 9 August 1823, alongside ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' (Tobin)
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1823: Performed by the [[English Theatricals]] on 9 August 1823, with ''[[The Honey Moon]]'' (Tobin)
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:04, 9 June 2016

A farce in two acts by John O'Keeffe (1747-1833).

Full title: The Farce of the Modern Antiques, or The Merry Mourners.

First performed at the Theatre Royal, Smoke Alley 1792(?), and published in Dublin 1792.

Performance history in South Africa

1823: Performed in Cape Town by the English Theatricals amateur company in the Cape Town Theatre (i.e. the African Theatre), on 3 May, with Ways and Means (Colman Jr).

1823: Performed by the English Theatricals on 9 August 1823, with The Honey Moon (Tobin)

Sources

Oxford Text Archive[1]

Bosman, 1928: pp. 197,

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