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A comedy by Sir Robert Howard (1626-1698).
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''[[The Committee, or The Faithful Irishman]]'' is a comedy in five acts by Robert Howard (1626-1698)[https://archive.org/details/sirroberthowards00howarich].
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Also known simply as ''[[The Committee]]'', and also in abridged form as '''''[[The Honest Thieves]]''''' by Thomas Knight.  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
 
   
 
   
  
Probably first performed in London in 1662, and printed 1665.  
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The original play  by Sir Robert Howard, was probably first performed in London in 1662, and printed 1665.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Adapted as a popular two act farce called ''[[The Honest Thieves]]'' by Thomas Knight in 1797. First performed in the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 9 May 1797, and published G. Cawthorn in the same year.
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Adapted as a popular two act farce called '''''[[The Honest Thieves]]''''' by Thomas Knight (died 1820)[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Knight,_Thomas_(d.1820)_(DNB00)] in 1797. First performed in this version in the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 9 May 1797, and published G. Cawthorn in the same year.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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1843: Performed in the abridged form as ''[[The Honest Thieves]]'' in the [[Hope Street Theatre|Amateur Theatre]] in Hope Street by [[All the World's a Stage]], as afterpiece to ''[[Wenlock of Wenlock, or The Spirit of the Black Mantle]]'' (Wilks)
  
 
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1846: Performed in the abridged form as ''[[The Honest Thieves]]'' on 2 January 1846 by the amateurs of the [[Garrison Theatre|45th Regiment]] in the barracks at Fort Napier, as afterpiece to ''[[Zorinski]]'' by Thomas Morton.
 
 
'''See also ''[[The Honest Thieves]]'''''
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://archive.org/details/sirroberthowards00howarich
 
https://archive.org/details/sirroberthowards00howarich
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 413, 510
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http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Honest_Thieves.html?id=TQ9OnQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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http://www.worldcat.org/title/honest-thieves-a-farce-in-two-acts-altered-from-the-committee-by-t-knight-first-acted-at-the-theatre-royal-covent-garden-may-9-1797/oclc/316658917
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http://archive.org/stream/sirroberthowards00howarich/sirroberthowards00howarich_djvu.txt
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http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Wenlock_of_Wenlock.html?id=8QrKQAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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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. 413, 510.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 08:47, 28 July 2017

The Committee, or The Faithful Irishman is a comedy in five acts by Robert Howard (1626-1698)[1].

Also known simply as The Committee, and also in abridged form as The Honest Thieves by Thomas Knight.

The original text

The original play by Sir Robert Howard, was probably first performed in London in 1662, and printed 1665.

Translations and adaptations

Adapted as a popular two act farce called The Honest Thieves by Thomas Knight (died 1820)[2] in 1797. First performed in this version in the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 9 May 1797, and published G. Cawthorn in the same year.

Performance history in South Africa

1843: Performed in the abridged form as The Honest Thieves in the Amateur Theatre in Hope Street by All the World's a Stage, as afterpiece to Wenlock of Wenlock, or The Spirit of the Black Mantle (Wilks)

1846: Performed in the abridged form as The Honest Thieves on 2 January 1846 by the amateurs of the 45th Regiment in the barracks at Fort Napier, as afterpiece to Zorinski by Thomas Morton.

Sources

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Knight,_Thomas_(d.1820)_(DNB00)

Facsimile version of the 1797 text, Google eBooks[3]

https://archive.org/details/sirroberthowards00howarich

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Honest_Thieves.html?id=TQ9OnQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

http://www.worldcat.org/title/honest-thieves-a-farce-in-two-acts-altered-from-the-committee-by-t-knight-first-acted-at-the-theatre-royal-covent-garden-may-9-1797/oclc/316658917

http://archive.org/stream/sirroberthowards00howarich/sirroberthowards00howarich_djvu.txt

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Wenlock_of_Wenlock.html?id=8QrKQAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 413, 510.

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