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A farce in two acts by Thomas Dibdin (Thomas John Dibdin, 1771–1841)
 
A farce in two acts by Thomas Dibdin (Thomas John Dibdin, 1771–1841)
  
Written ''[[Past 10 o'Clock and a Rainy Night]]'' by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928), possibly based on the Cape Town programmes.  
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Written in four different (all incorrect) ways by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928), possibly based on the particular Cape Town programme used - these titles include ''[[Past 10 o'Clock and a Rainy Night]]'' (p.200), ''[[Past ten O'clock, and A Rainy Night]]'' (p201), ''[[Past ten o'clock and a Rainy Night]]'' (p. 207) and ''[[Past ten o'clock and A Rainy Night]]'' (p.215).
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==

Revision as of 14:13, 10 October 2014

A farce in two acts by Thomas Dibdin (Thomas John Dibdin, 1771–1841)

Written in four different (all incorrect) ways by F.C.L. Bosman (1928), possibly based on the particular Cape Town programme used - these titles include Past 10 o'Clock and a Rainy Night (p.200), Past ten O'clock, and A Rainy Night (p201), Past ten o'clock and a Rainy Night (p. 207) and Past ten o'clock and A Rainy Night (p.215).

The original text

First performed in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1815. Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1828: Performed by the English Theatrical Amateur Company on 8 November 1828 in the African Theatre, along with The Mayor of Garrett (Foote) and Sharp and Flat (Lawler).

1837: A production in Cape Town by the English Amateur Company was planned for 11 September 1837, but for a number of reasons postponed a few times and finally performed 18 September 1837, in the Cape Town Theatre, as afterpiece to Bertram, or The Castle of St. Aldobrand‎ (Maturin).

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_John_Dibdin

https://archive.org/details/pasttenoclockan00dibdgoog

http://www.worldcat.org/title/past-ten-oclock-and-a-rainy-night-a-farce-in-two-acts-as-performed-at-the-theatre-royal-drury-lane/oclc/15456859

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 200, 201, 207, 215

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