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[[The Queer Subject]] is one act farce  by Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)
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''[[The Queer Subject]]'' is one-act farce  by Joseph Stirling Coyne[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne] (1803-1868)
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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A farce about grave robbing, written in response to the Anatomy Act of 1832. First  performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi, November 1836; Publication Date: 1836
 
A farce about grave robbing, written in response to the Anatomy Act of 1832. First  performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi, November 1836; Publication Date: 1836
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
==Performances in South Africa==
 
==Performances in South Africa==
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1845: Performed in the [[Roeland Street Theatre]], Cape Town on 17 July by [[All the World's a Stage]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Wandering Boys]]'' (Pixérécourt).  
 
1845: Performed in the [[Roeland Street Theatre]], Cape Town on 17 July by [[All the World's a Stage]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Wandering Boys]]'' (Pixérécourt).  
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==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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http://antiques.gift/the-queer-subject-a-farce-in-one-act_9577484.html
 
http://antiques.gift/the-queer-subject-a-farce-in-one-act_9577484.html
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Celeste Louise Pottier, 2008. Bodies as Texts, Texts as Bodies: Corpses in Nineteenth-century British Literature[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Y6hsfVdcDToC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=The+Queer+Subject+Coyne&source=bl&ots=3Xm-Gns40V&sig=CBjp-GHIvOH8I_--Gqd4aLUAiFo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aVqTVZb7D8rnUuLfg_AO&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=The%20Queer%20Subject%20Coyne&f=false]: p. 50.  
 
Celeste Louise Pottier, 2008. Bodies as Texts, Texts as Bodies: Corpses in Nineteenth-century British Literature[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Y6hsfVdcDToC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=The+Queer+Subject+Coyne&source=bl&ots=3Xm-Gns40V&sig=CBjp-GHIvOH8I_--Gqd4aLUAiFo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aVqTVZb7D8rnUuLfg_AO&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=The%20Queer%20Subject%20Coyne&f=false]: p. 50.  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: 413-4
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: 413-4
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  

Revision as of 05:28, 1 July 2015

The Queer Subject is one-act farce by Joseph Stirling Coyne[1] (1803-1868)

The original text

A farce about grave robbing, written in response to the Anatomy Act of 1832. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi, November 1836; Publication Date: 1836

Translations and adaptations

Performances in South Africa

1845: Performed in the Roeland Street Theatre, Cape Town on 17 July by All the World's a Stage, as afterpiece to The Wandering Boys (Pixérécourt).

Sources

http://antiques.gift/the-queer-subject-a-farce-in-one-act_9577484.html

Celeste Louise Pottier, 2008. Bodies as Texts, Texts as Bodies: Corpses in Nineteenth-century British Literature[2]: p. 50.

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[3]: 413-4

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