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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]

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