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| − | A romantic play in five acts, mainly verse, by John Tobin. (The full title is: ''[[The Honey Moon, or How to Rule a Wife]]'', Occasionally also referred to as "''The Honeymoon''")
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | First produced in London at the Drury Lane Theatre on 31 January 1805, in New York in 1807. Printed London, 1805 and frequently reprinted. Was a decided success and remained a favourite on the English stage for twenty years. Translated into French by Charles Nodier as ''La Lune de Miel'' in ''Chefs d'œuvre des Théâtres Étrangers'' 1822.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | A popular standby for players in Cape Town between 1811 and 1830.
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| − | 1811: Performed in the [[African Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players]] on 31 August, with ''[[High Life Below Stairs]]''.
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| − | 1811: Performed in the [[African Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players]] on 21 September with ''[[The Review, or The Wags of Windsor]]''.
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| − | 1818: Performed in the [[African Theatre]] on 24 January by three visiting [[professional]] performers from Liverpool - a [[Mr Cooke]], [[Mrs Cooke]], [[Mrs Brough]] and [[Miss Williams]], assisted by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]]. The afterpiece is ''[[The Devil to Pay, or The Wives Metamorphos'd |The Devil To Pay]]'' (Coffey). They repeat it on 11 April, 1818.
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| − | 1823: The [[English Theatricals]] company did the play on on 26 July (with ''[[The Blue Devils]]'' by Colman Jr) and again on 9 August 1823 (with ''[[Modern Antiques]]'' also by Colman Jr).
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| − | 1830: Performed on 11 September by [[All the World's a Stage]] , with ''[[The Married Bachelor, or Master and Man]]'' (O'Callaghan) as afterpiece.
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| − | 1854: Performed in Cape Town on Friday, 18 August by the [[Garrison Players|Amateur Company]] (aided by the Officers of the Garrison) in the [[Garrison Theatre]]. Also performed were ''[[Charles XII; or, the Siege of Stralsund |Charles the Twelfth]]'' (Planché), ''[[A Peculiar Position]]'' author unnamed, but it was a translation from Scribe & Bayard by Planché) and ''[[Two Bonnycastles|The Two Bonnycastles]]'' (J.M. Morton).
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tobin_(dramatist)
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| − | Bosman, 1928: 142,151-153, 197, 215.
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| − | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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