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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 21 October, 1823, with ''[[The Apprentice]]'' (Murphy), as a Benefit for [[J. Corbishly]].
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1823: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 21 October, 1823, with ''[[The Apprentice]]'' (Murphy), as a Benefit for [[J. Corbishly]].
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1854: Performed by the Port Elizabeth Amateurs in the "new Theatre" on Friday 7 July with ''[[A Thumping Legacy]]'' (Morton).
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 10:45, 24 April 2014

by Thomas Holcroft (1745 – 1809). His his most successful play, it was produced produced, at Covent Garden in 1792. A revival in 1873 ran for 118 nights.

Performance history in South Africa

1823: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 21 October, 1823, with The Apprentice (Murphy), as a Benefit for J. Corbishly.

1854: Performed by the Port Elizabeth Amateurs in the "new Theatre" on Friday 7 July with A Thumping Legacy (Morton).

Translations and adaptations

Sources

Bosman, 1928: pp. 185

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Holcroft

http://www.bartleby.com/221/1212.html

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