Speed the Plough

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There are two plays by this name, though spelled differently.


Speed the Plough by Thomas Morton (1798)

A comedy, in five acts by Thomas Morton (1764-1838). First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden on 8 Feb. 1798, it was acted forty-one times, and often revived.

The play introduced the fictional (off-stage) English character of "Mrs Grundy", who typifies the censorship enacted in everyday life by conventional opinion. The term soon passed into everyday English speech as a criterion of rigid respectability, especially in contexts in which free expression is impeded by excessive purity.


Performance history in South Africa

23 September 1815: Performed in Cape Town by the English Theatricals company (former Garrison Players) in the African Theatre, with The Prize, or 2,5,3,8. (Hoare).

7 February 1818: Performed in Cape Town by the English Theatricals company (former Garrison Players) in the African Theatre , with The Spoiled Child (Bickerstaffe).

2 November 1822: Performed in Cape Town by the Amateur Company company (Garrison Players) in the African Theatre, with The Soldier's Daughter (Cherry) and the farce Fortune's Frolic (Allingham).

2 September 1826: Performed in Cape Town by the (Garrison Players) in the African Theatre, with Sharp and Flat (Lawler), as a benefit for Mrs Johnson.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(playwright)

http://writersinspire.org/content/speed-plough-comedy-five-acts-performed-universal-applause-theatre-royal-covent-garden

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/559155/Speed-the-Plough

Bosman, 1928: pp.147, 153,

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Speed-the-Plough by David Mamet (1988)

A play by David Mamet offering a satirical dissection of the American movie business.

Premiered on Broadway at the Royale Theatre in a production by the Lincoln Center Theater, opening on May 3, 1988 and closing on Dec 31, 1988 after 279 performances.

Performance history in South Africa

Translations and adaptations

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed-the-Plow

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