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A farce in two acts by Samuel Foote
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''[[The Mayor of Garratt]]'' is a farce in two acts by Samuel Foote (1720–1777)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Foote].
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== The original text ==
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Based on the so-called "Garrat Elections", a carnival of mock elections in Surrey, England in the 18th century. (For more information, see the for example the entry in ''Wikipedia''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrat_Elections).
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First performed in 1763 at the Haymarket, with the author in the lead role, Published in 1764 by Paul Vaillant.
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
First performed in 1763 at the Haymarket, published in 1764
 
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
15 August 1807: Performed by [[Officers of the Garrison]] in the [[African Theatre]] with  ''[[Douglas]]'' (Home).  Performers included [[Captain Collins]], [[Mr Morgan]], [[Captain Frazer]] and [[Mrs Kinniburgh]].  
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1807: Performed on 15 August by the [[Officers of the Garrison]] in the [[African Theatre]] with  ''[[Douglas]]'' (Home).  Performers included [[Captain Collins]], [[Mr Morgan]], [[Captain Frazer]] and [[Mrs Kinniburgh]].  
  
1817: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 11 October, with ''[[Laugh When You Can]]'' (Reynolds), and ''[[The Turnpike Gate]]'' (Knight)
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1813: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 28 August, with ''[[The Heir at Law]]'' (Colman Jr).
  
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1817: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 11 October, with ''[[Laugh When You Can]]'' (Reynolds), and ''[[The Turnpike Gate]]'' (Knight), with the proceeds of the evening going to the Free School.
  
11 July 1829: Performed jointly by the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] and the [[Cape Town Amateur Company]] on 11 July 1829 in the [[African Theatre]], along with ''[[The Sleepwalker, or Which is the Lady?]]'' (Oulton) and ''[[Sharp and Flat]]'' (Lawler).
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1823: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 10 May, with ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' (Goldsmith).  
  
==Translations and adaptations==
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1828: Performed by the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] on 8 November in the [[African Theatre]], along with ''[[Sharp and Flat]]'' (Lawler) and ''[[Past ten o'Clock, or A Rainy Night]]'' (Dibdin).
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1829: Was to have been performed jointly by the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] and the [[Cape Town Amateur Company]], on 11 July in the [[African Theatre]], along with ''[[The Sleepwalker, or Which is the Lady?]]'' (Oulton) and ''[[Sharp and Flat]]'' (Lawler). However, the withdrawal of the one company meant that it was finally performed by the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] alone on 22 July.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
Internet Archive:Mayor of Garratt[http://www.archive.org/stream/mayorofgarrattco00foot/mayorofgarrattco00foot_djvu.txt]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrat_Elections
  
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Facsimile version of the 1831 edition of ''Mayor of Garratt'', Internet Archive[https://archive.org/details/mayorofgarrattco00foot]
  
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Foote
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Foote
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 150-1, 202,  
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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. 73, 144, 150-1, 183, 201-3,  
  
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
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Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:26, 24 April 2017

The Mayor of Garratt is a farce in two acts by Samuel Foote (1720–1777)[1].


The original text

Based on the so-called "Garrat Elections", a carnival of mock elections in Surrey, England in the 18th century. (For more information, see the for example the entry in Wikipedia[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrat_Elections).

First performed in 1763 at the Haymarket, with the author in the lead role, Published in 1764 by Paul Vaillant.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1807: Performed on 15 August by the Officers of the Garrison in the African Theatre with Douglas (Home). Performers included Captain Collins, Mr Morgan, Captain Frazer and Mrs Kinniburgh.

1813: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 28 August, with The Heir at Law (Colman Jr).

1817: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 11 October, with Laugh When You Can (Reynolds), and The Turnpike Gate (Knight), with the proceeds of the evening going to the Free School.

1823: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 10 May, with She Stoops to Conquer (Goldsmith).

1828: Performed by the English Theatrical Amateur Company on 8 November in the African Theatre, along with Sharp and Flat (Lawler) and Past ten o'Clock, or A Rainy Night (Dibdin).

1829: Was to have been performed jointly by the English Theatrical Amateur Company and the Cape Town Amateur Company, on 11 July in the African Theatre, along with The Sleepwalker, or Which is the Lady? (Oulton) and Sharp and Flat (Lawler). However, the withdrawal of the one company meant that it was finally performed by the English Theatrical Amateur Company alone on 22 July.

Sources

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

Facsimile version of the 1831 edition of Mayor of Garratt, Internet Archive[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Foote

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 73, 144, 150-1, 183, 201-3,

Go to the ESAT Bibliography

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Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

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Return to The ESAT Entries

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