Reformation

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A comic interlude in one act by an Anonymous author, or by J.B.Pulham.

The original text

Usually indicated as written by an Anonymous author in most copies of the play on sale today. However, in a list of "Dramatic Works published by C.Chapple.." in the back of the published text of My wife or My Place (Shannon and Thackeray, C. Chapple: 1831), a play by this name is listed as having been written by "J.B.Pulham" and available at a price of "1s 6d"[1]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1828: Produced in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the English Theatrical Amateur Company on 9 May, as a benefit for Mrs Black, as an interlude between The Mogul Tale, or The Descent of the Balloon (Inchbald) and Trick for Trick, or The Admiral's Daughter (Anonymous).

Sources

Facsimile version of a list of Dramatic Works published by C.Chapple in My wife or My Place (Shannon and Thackeray, 1831): Google eBook[2]

http://www.amazon.com/Reformation-comic-interlude-prose-etc/dp/1241033692

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 201,

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