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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
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First performed in London at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, London, on 2 October, 1843.
  
Originally published in 18 Published by John Dicks (as No. 699 of ''Dicks' Standard Plays'') in one volume with ''[[Borrowing a Husband, or Sleeping Out]]'' by William T. Moncrieff (1794-1857)[], in 1885(?). , .
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Originally published in 18  
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The text was later published by John Dicks (as No. 699 of ''Dicks' Standard Plays'') in one volume with ''[[Borrowing a Husband, or Sleeping Out]]'' by William T. Moncrieff (1794-1857)[], in 1885(?). , .
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:18, 28 October 2020

My Wife's Out is a farce in one act by G. Herbert Rodwell (George Herbert Rodwell, 1800-1852)[].

The original text

First performed in London at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, London, on 2 October, 1843.

Originally published in 18

The text was later published by John Dicks (as No. 699 of Dicks' Standard Plays) in one volume with Borrowing a Husband, or Sleeping Out by William T. Moncrieff (1794-1857)[], in 1885(?). , .

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1862: Performed as My Wife's Out by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 7 August, with The Pilot, or A Tale of the Sea (Cooper/Fitzball).

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.132

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