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| − | 1828: Produced in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] on 9 May, as a benefit for [[Mrs Black]], with an interlude called ''[[Reformation]]'' (Anon.)and ''[[Trick for Trick, or The Admiral's Daughter]]'' (Anon.). | + | 1828: Produced in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[English Theatrical Amateur Company]] on 9 May, as a benefit for [[Mrs Black]], with an interlude called ''[[Reformation]]'' (Anon.) and ''[[Trick for Trick, or The Admiral's Daughter]]'' (Anon.). |
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Latest revision as of 06:29, 2 May 2017
A farce in two acts by Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821)[1]
Contents
The original text
Satirising the scientific pretensions through a tale of a couple from Wapping, England, who go ballooning, get blown off course and land on the Seraglio of the Mogul in Constantinople
First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Smoke-Alley, Dublin and published 1788
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1828: Produced in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the English Theatrical Amateur Company on 9 May, as a benefit for Mrs Black, with an interlude called Reformation (Anon.) and Trick for Trick, or The Admiral's Daughter (Anon.).
Sources
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004878383.0001.000/1:1?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Inchbald
Barbara M. Benedict. Curiosity: A Cultural History of Early Modern Inquiry (University of Chicago Press, 2002):pp. 223-5 - Google eBook[2]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 201,
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