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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1876: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 2 May ("last time"), as an afterpiece to ''[[Blow for Blow]]'' (Byron). (Bosman, 1980, says the author of the farce is "unknown".)
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1876: Performed as  ''[[Mr. and Mrs. White]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 2 May ("last time"), as an afterpiece to ''[[Blow for Blow]]'' (Byron). (Bosman, 1980, says the author of the farce is "unknown".)
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:14, 24 April 2018

Mr. & Mrs. Peter White is a farce by R. J. Raymond

It is also known as Mr. Peter White or Mr. and Mrs. White

The original text

First performed in London and Boston in 1837. Published in New York by Samuel French, [1856?]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1876: Performed as Mr. and Mrs. White in the Athenaeum Theatre, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 2 May ("last time"), as an afterpiece to Blow for Blow (Byron). (Bosman, 1980, says the author of the farce is "unknown".)

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1856 edition by Samuel French, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]

Thomas A. Bogar. 2002. John E. Owens: Nineteenth Century American Actor and Manager. McFarland: p. 170[2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.339

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

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