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''[[The Irish Tiger]]'' is a play by J.M. Morton (1811-1891)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton]
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''[[The Irish Tiger]]'' is a farce in one act by J.M. Morton (1811-1891)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton]
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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Published in America by [[Samuel French]] in 1859(?)
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
  
Allardyce Nicoll. 2009 (reprint). ''History of English Drama, 1660-1900'', Volume 5, Part 2: p. 235. Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=CHa3njx5AzYC&pg=PA235&lpg=PA235&dq=Henry+Robert+Addison+Locked+in+with+a+lady&source=bl&ots=d78txvTmre&sig=SOndtSt1h1y9kLlXmpkvOAMD5N8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjR0NO3x9zcAhVHC8AKHeD4D_oQ6AEwEHoECAIQAQ#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Robert%20Addison%20Locked%20in%20with%20a%20lady&f=false]
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Facsimile version of the Samuel French edition, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t5n88r59j;view=1up;seq=3]
  
 
''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 13, July 23, 1862. (Keiskama Hoek)
 
''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 13, July 23, 1862. (Keiskama Hoek)

Revision as of 06:21, 8 August 2018

The Irish Tiger is a farce in one act by J.M. Morton (1811-1891)[1]

The original text

Published in America by Samuel French in 1859(?)


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1862: Performed as The Irish Tiger in the Eastern Cape village of Keiskama Hoek's Garrison Theatre by the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot on June 21, with a cast that included J. F. Gay (Sir Charles Lavender), J. M'Kechnie (Alderman Marrowfat), F. Girton (Mr Bilberry), W. Dansie (Paddy Ryan, The Irish Tiger), F. Doherty (John), B. Buckley (Miss Julia Marrowfat), J. Davies (Nancy). Also performed was a scene from Alarcos (), followed by Locked in with A Lady (Addison). (For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton

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

North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 13, July 23, 1862. (Keiskama Hoek)

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