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| − | A farce in one act by Mrs Kemble (1774-1838)
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| − | Also credited to ''Mrs Charles Kemble'', ''Marie Thérèse Kemble'' or ''Marie Thérèse De Camp Kemble'' in various editions.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | It is usually ascribed to Mrs Kemble (under one of her four names) as an original work, though one London edition , that of 1856, refers to it as “An Interlude in One Act. Adapted from the French by Mrs Charles Kemble”.
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| − | First produced at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden on 18 May 1808, as a benefit for her husband Charles Kemble.
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| − | The second edition, published in London 1811 by C. Chapple, has the title as ''[[The Day After the Wedding, or A Wife’s First Lesson]]'' and calls it "An Interlude in One Act", credited to Marie Thérèse Kemble.
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| − | Published in New York in 1846 as ''[[The Day After The Wedding]]'' only, and called "A farce in one act", credited to Mrs. Charles Kemble.
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| − | Published in 1856 by Lacy in London as [[The Day After the Wedding, or A Wife’s First Lesson]]; and referred as "An Interlude in One Act, ''Adapted from the French by Mrs. Charles Kemble''"
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1823: Performed as ''[[The Day After the Wedding, or A Wife’s First Lesson|The Day After The Wedding]]'' in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 27 September, as afterpiece to ''[[Folly As It Flies]]'' (Reynolds).
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| − | 1833: Performed as ''[[The Day After the Wedding, or A Wife’s First Lesson]]'' in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[All the World's a Stage]] on 21 September, with the interlude ''[[A Race for Dinner]]'' (Rodwell), the comic sketch of ''[[The Actress Of All Work, or Six in One|The Actress Of All Work]]'' (Oxberry, though the author not is said to be unknown) and the farce ''[[The Rival Valets]]'' (Ebsworth).
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Facsimile version of the 1856 Lacy text, Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/dayafterweddingo00kembuoft]
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| − | Facsimile of the second London Edition,1811[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=90hgAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Day+at+the+Wedding+by+Mrs+Kemble&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q=Day%20at%20the%20Wedding%20by%20Mrs%20Kemble&f=false].
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| − | Facsimile version of the 1846 USA text, Internet Archive[https://archive.org/details/dayafterweddingf00kemb]
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| − | The Cabinet: Or, Monthly Report of Polite Literature, Volume 3, June 1808, p. 427.[ https://books.google.co.za/books?id=FyYTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA427&lpg=PA427&dq=Day+at+the+Wedding+by+Mrs+Kemble&source=bl&ots=mS1UWQ70f1&sig=wHuOw3pAMgk6uk8Wt8UWq9Jxe7o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mIMwVb77G6S67gbThoCIBA&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Day%20at%20the%20Wedding%20by%20Mrs%20Kemble&f=false]
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp.185 and 227
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| − | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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