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First performed in London in the Drury Lane and Adelphi Theatres, and published as ''[[The Married Bachelor, or Master and Man]]'' by J. Cumberland, London, in 1828. | First performed in London in the Drury Lane and Adelphi Theatres, and published as ''[[The Married Bachelor, or Master and Man]]'' by J. Cumberland, London, in 1828. | ||
| − | Published as a single text entitled simply ''[[The Married Bachelor]]'' in 1853 by an unknown publisher and (under the full title) in one volume with ''[[My Neigbour's Wife]]'' by Alfred Bunn (1796 – 1860) by J. Dicks, London, in 1882. | + | Published as a single text entitled simply ''[[The Married Bachelor]]'' in 1853 by an unknown publisher and (under the full title) in one volume with ''[[My Neigbour's Wife]]'' by Alfred Bunn (1796 – 1860) by J. Dicks, London, in 1882 (No 316 of Dick's Standard Plays). |
Revision as of 06:15, 23 April 2017
The Married Bachelor, or Master and Man is a one-act farce by P.P. O'Callaghan.
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The original text
First performed in London in the Drury Lane and Adelphi Theatres, and published as The Married Bachelor, or Master and Man by J. Cumberland, London, in 1828.
Published as a single text entitled simply The Married Bachelor in 1853 by an unknown publisher and (under the full title) in one volume with My Neigbour's Wife by Alfred Bunn (1796 – 1860) by J. Dicks, London, in 1882 (No 316 of Dick's Standard Plays).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1830: Performed on 3 July by All the World's a Stage in the Cape Town Theatre (i.e. the African Theatre), as afterpiece to Romeo and Juliet. (The author listed as "O'Calligan" by Bosman, 1928 - possibly misspelled by his source or the company.)
1830 Performed on 11 September by All the World's a Stage in the Cape Town Theatre, as afterpiece to The Honey Moon (Tobin)
1832: Performed on 9 June by All the World's a Stage in the Cape Town Theatre (i.e. the African Theatre), with Bombastes Furioso, or The King of Utopia (Rhodes) as afterpieces to The Maid and the Magpie, or Who's the Thief!!! (Pocock).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1828 text, The Internet Archive[1]
https://archive.org/stream/myneighbourswife00bunnuoft#page/10/mode/2up
https://www.amazon.com/married-bachelor-farce-one-act/dp/B007SAFCZS
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 214, 215, 222
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