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''[[My Wife's Out]]'' is a comedy by Rodwell
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''[[My Wife's Out]]'' is a farce in one act by G. Herbert Rodwell (George Herbert Buonaparte Rodwell, 1800-1852)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rodwell].
  
 
==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, and was most probably published in the same year, with 10 editions being published between 1843 and 2019 (according to [[WorldCat]] Identities[http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83024506/]).
  
Published as ''[[My Wife's Out]]'' in one volume with ''[[Borrowing a Husband, or Sleeping Out]]'' by William T. Moncrieff, by John Dicks (as No. 699 of ''Dicks' Standard Plays'').
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The most widely held early version text was 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==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of the 1885 text by John Dicks, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/mywifesoutorigin0000rodw_p3j1/page/n3/mode/2up]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rodwell
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_Music_and_Musicians/Rodwell,_George
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http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83024506/
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.132
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.132

Latest revision as of 06:36, 28 October 2020

My Wife's Out is a farce in one act by G. Herbert Rodwell (George Herbert Buonaparte Rodwell, 1800-1852)[1].

The original text

First performed in London at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, London, on 2 October, 1843, and was most probably published in the same year, with 10 editions being published between 1843 and 2019 (according to WorldCat Identities[2]).

The most widely held early version text was 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

Facsimile version of the 1885 text by John Dicks, The Internet Archive[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rodwell

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_Music_and_Musicians/Rodwell,_George

http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83024506/

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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