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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
First published by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in 1850.
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First performed in 1836
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Later also published by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in 1850.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:31, 26 October 2020

My Husband's Ghost is a farce in one act by John Maddison Morton (1811-1891)[1].


The original text

First performed in 1836

Later also published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1850.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1864: Performed by the officers and men of the 10th Regiment (2nd Batallion) 10th Regiment (2nd Battalion) in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 29 August, with Little Toddlekins, with intersperced 'Interludes of Singing and Instrumental Music". Apparently to a full house and unbounded applause. (The play wrongly ascribed to "Norton" by Bosman, 1980)

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.256

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