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''[[Mr. & Mrs. Peter White]]'' is a farce by R. J. Raymond
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It is also known as ''[[Mr. Peter White]]'' or ''[[Mr. and Mrs. White]]''
 
 
 
==The original text==
 
 
 
First produced at the Lyceum Theatre, June 24, 1836, under title, "Mrs. White". According to the Theatrical observer, June 27, 1836, this is simply the burletta, "My wife and my child", produced under a new title
 
 
 
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). ([[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980, says the author of the farce is "unknown".)
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
Facsimile version of the 1856 edition by Samuel French, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001424340]
 
 
 
Thomas A. Bogar. 2002. ''John E. Owens: Nineteenth Century American Actor and Manager''. McFarland: p. 170[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dUxyBjj8HUYC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=Mr+and+Mrs+White+a+farce&source=bl&ots=l6Q6KowZCf&sig=3xriRx5xaH-7ESgMhpxY32pfzBs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0koD1gtLaAhVpIcAKHVqyBgQQ6AEINjAC#v=onepage&q=Mr%20and%20Mrs%20White%20a%20farce&f=false]
 
 
 
[[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.
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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