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''[[Sweethearts and Wives]]'' is a comedy in two/three acts by James Kenney (1780-1849)[].
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''[[Sweethearts and Wives]]'' is a comedy in three acts by James Kenney (1780-1849)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kenney_(dramatist)].
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==The original text==
  
 
First performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, July 7th, 1823 and in Philadelphia in 1825.   
 
First performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, July 7th, 1823 and in Philadelphia in 1825.   
  
 
Published as Lacy's acting edition and French's Standard Drama No LXXVII,  later also by M. Douglas in 1849.  
 
Published as Lacy's acting edition and French's Standard Drama No LXXVII,  later also by M. Douglas in 1849.  
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1884-5: Performed by the [[Henry Harper Company]] in the new [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as part of [[Henry Harper]]'s  first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
 
1884-5: Performed by the [[Henry Harper Company]] in the new [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as part of [[Henry Harper]]'s  first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
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== Sources ==
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https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17430630M/Sweethearts_and_wives
 
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17430630M/Sweethearts_and_wives
  
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Facsimile version of the Samuel French edition, [[HathiTrust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112070136798&view=1up&seq=5]
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[[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.325
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
Facsimile version of the Samuel French edition, [[HathiTrust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112070136798&view=1up&seq=5]
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Revision as of 17:51, 8 August 2019

Sweethearts and Wives is a comedy in three acts by James Kenney (1780-1849)[1].

The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, July 7th, 1823 and in Philadelphia in 1825.

Published as Lacy's acting edition and French's Standard Drama No LXXVII, later also by M. Douglas in 1849.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1884-5: Performed by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.

Sources

https://openlibrary.org/books/OL17430630M/Sweethearts_and_wives

Facsimile version of the Samuel French edition, HathiTrust Digital Library[2]

D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.325

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page