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''[[The Rights and Wrongs of Women]]'' is a farce by John Maddison Morton (1811–1891)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton]  
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''[[The Rights and Wrongs of Women]]'' is a farce in one act by John Maddison Morton (1811–1891)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton]  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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First performed in London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 25 May 1856, and published by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in  the same year.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
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1860: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Cape Town Theatre]], on 23 January, as afterpiece to ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton), along with a "Sword Dance and Hornpipe" by The Highland Pipers and Dancers of the [[Scotch Volunteer Company]], and a ''Fan Dance'' by [[Miss Powell]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
"Online Books by John Maddison Morton", ''[[The Online Books Page]]''[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Morton,+John+Maddison,+1811-1891]
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Facsimile version of the published text of 1859, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858023944196&view=1up&seq=7]  
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
  
[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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"Online Books by John Maddison Morton", ''[[The Online Books Page]]''[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Morton,+John+Maddison,+1811-1891]
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.78, 87 and 180
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:53, 30 March 2021

The Rights and Wrongs of Women is a farce in one act by John Maddison Morton (1811–1891)[1]

The original text

First performed in London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 25 May 1856, and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1860: Performed by Sefton Parry and his company in the Cape Town Theatre, on 23 January, as afterpiece to The Lady of Lyons (Bulwer-Lytton), along with a "Sword Dance and Hornpipe" by The Highland Pipers and Dancers of the Scotch Volunteer Company, and a Fan Dance by Miss Powell.

Sources

Facsimile version of the published text of 1859, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton

"Online Books by John Maddison Morton", The Online Books Page[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.78, 87 and 180

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