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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.
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'''For more on Lunn's play, see ''[[Roses and Thorns, or Two Houses under One Roof]]'''''
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== 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.
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1850: Performed as ''[[The Party Wall]]'' 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 ==
 
== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of ''The Monthly magazine, or British Register'', Volume LX Part II 1825, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=l28EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=The+Party+wall+theatrical+piece&source=bl&ots=8pqGS5r11F&sig=IaAQDvJurnsBGxxKPu3T7BgG0ws&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSudXRxfPTAhUJIMAKHUHwBqsQ6AEIPzAJ#v=onepage&q=The%20Party%20wall%20theatrical%20piece&f=false]
 
Facsimile version of ''The Monthly magazine, or British Register'', Volume LX Part II 1825, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=l28EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=The+Party+wall+theatrical+piece&source=bl&ots=8pqGS5r11F&sig=IaAQDvJurnsBGxxKPu3T7BgG0ws&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSudXRxfPTAhUJIMAKHUHwBqsQ6AEIPzAJ#v=onepage&q=The%20Party%20wall%20theatrical%20piece&f=false]
  
 
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_34.djvu/287
Facsimile version of the text in ''Cumberland's British Theatre'' (Vol XII) 1828, Googler E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=LY80AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA3&lpg=RA3-PA3&dq=roses+and+thorns,+or+two+houses+under+one+roof&source=bl&ots=sj-f7kJr_E&sig=p6NM-bq8eoPqNXNW4QA0EBKEUL4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJkdrUyPPTAhVGLsAKHRGLDzsQ6AEINTAH#v=onepage&q=roses%20and%20thorns%2C%20or%20two%20houses%20under%20one%20roof&f=false].
 
 
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:43, 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]

For more on Lunn's play, see Roses and Thorns, or Two Houses under One Roof

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1850: Performed as The Party Wall 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]

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_34.djvu/287

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