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A comic dramatic sketch (or farce)  in one act by Douglas Jerrold.  
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''[[The Smoked Miser, or The Benefit of Hanging]]'' is a comic dramatic sketch (or farce)  in one act by Douglas Jerrold (1803 – 1857)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_William_Jerrold].  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
Tells about  a miser tries to marry off his ward to advantage. First performed at Sadlers Wells on  23 June, 1823 and published in London by  J. Duncombe, [183-?]
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A farce about  a miser tries to marry off his ward to advantage. First performed at Sadlers Wells on  23 June, 1823 and published in London by  J. Duncombe, [183-?]
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1830:  Played on 7 August by the [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre]], with as afterpiece to ''[[The Flying Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship]]'' (Fitzball).
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1830:  Played on 7 August by the [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Flying Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship]]'' (Fitzball).
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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http://netlibrary.net/articles/miser
 
http://netlibrary.net/articles/miser
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 214,  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 214,  
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:50, 17 February 2017

The Smoked Miser, or The Benefit of Hanging is a comic dramatic sketch (or farce) in one act by Douglas Jerrold (1803 – 1857)[1].

The original text

A farce about a miser tries to marry off his ward to advantage. First performed at Sadlers Wells on 23 June, 1823 and published in London by J. Duncombe, [183-?]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1830: Played on 7 August by the All the World's a Stage in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to The Flying Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship (Fitzball).

Sources

http://www.worldcat.org/title/smoked-miser-or-the-benefit-of-hanging-a-comic-dramatic-sketch-in-one-act/oclc/41328392

http://netlibrary.net/articles/miser

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 214,

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