Raising the Wind
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
A farce in two acts by James Kenney (1780-1849). A play which tells of the efforts of one Jeremy Diddler to live by means of petty swindles.
His first play, it was first performed on November 5, 1803, and became extremely popular. First published in 1893, and in New York in 1804. Published in London by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme in 1815.
Contents
Performance history in South Africa
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kenney_(dramatist)
https://archive.org/details/raisingwindfarce00kenn
Bosman, 1928: pp. 222-3,
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to R in Plays II Foreign Plays
Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
