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''[[The Amorous Widow, or The Wanton Wife]]'' is a comedy by is a farce in two acts by Thomas Betterton (1635?-1710)[].
  
  
Based on First performed by Her Majesty's servants and published in London, 1710.
 
  
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Based on
  
The play
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''[[Barnaby Brittle, or A Wife at Her Wit's End ]]'' is a farce in two acts by Thomas Betterton (1635?-1710)[].
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==The original text==
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It is an English adaptation of Moliere's ''[[George Dandin]]''. 
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First performed under this title by Her Majesty's servants and published in London, 1710.
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Betterton's play was itself adapted again and first performed as ''[[Barnaby Brittle, or A Wife at Her Wit's End ]]'' at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. Published under that title in London by  G. Kearsly, 1782. 
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1817: Performed as ''[[Barnaby Brittle]]''  in the "[[The African Theatre]]" on 5 July by the [[Garrison Players]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', with [[Captain Carter]] as "Shylock".
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== Sources ==
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http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004861680.0001.000?view=toc
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https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8772410
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 150,
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Revision as of 06:03, 23 September 2016

The Amorous Widow, or The Wanton Wife is a comedy by is a farce in two acts by Thomas Betterton (1635?-1710)[].


Based on


Barnaby Brittle, or A Wife at Her Wit's End is a farce in two acts by Thomas Betterton (1635?-1710)[].

The original text

It is an English adaptation of Moliere's George Dandin.

First performed under this title by Her Majesty's servants and published in London, 1710.

Betterton's play was itself adapted again and first performed as Barnaby Brittle, or A Wife at Her Wit's End at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. Published under that title in London by G. Kearsly, 1782.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1817: Performed as Barnaby Brittle in the "The African Theatre" on 5 July by the Garrison Players, as afterpiece to The Merchant of Venice, with Captain Carter as "Shylock".

Sources

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004861680.0001.000?view=toc

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8772410

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 150,

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