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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
It may possibly have been a version of the three act comedy ''[[Roses and Thorns, or Two houses under One Roof]]'' by Joseph Lunn (178-1863)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_34.djvu/287]
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It may possibly have been a version of the three act comedy ''[[Roses and Thorns, or Two houses under One Roof]]'' by Joseph Lunn (1784-1863)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_34.djvu/287]
  
 
Performed at the Haymarket Theatre in 1825 and published by John Cumberland 1828.
 
Performed at the Haymarket Theatre in 1825 and published by John Cumberland 1828.

Revision as of 06:35, 16 May 2017

The Party Wall is a farce by an anonymous author.

The original text

It may possibly have been a version of the three act comedy Roses and Thorns, or Two houses under One Roof by Joseph Lunn (1784-1863)[1]

Performed at the Haymarket Theatre in 1825 and published by John Cumberland 1828.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1850: Performed by James Lycett's Company of amateurs at the Drury Lane Theatre, Cape Town, on 6 September, with William Tell (Knowles) and music from Rossini's opera of William Tell, by the orchestra of the 73rd Regiment.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 425.

Facsimile version of The Monthly magazine, or British Register, Volume LX Part II 1825, Google E-book[3]


Facsimile version of the text in Cumberland's British Theatre (Vol XII) 1828, Googler E-book[4].


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