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Revision as of 07:59, 12 March 2014
A farce in two acts generally ascribed to Isaac Bickerstaffe (sometimes written Bickerstaff; 1735-1812). However it is also ascribed variously to Mrs. Jordan and Richard Ford.
A play by this name licenced 1790 and first performed at the Theatre-Royal, Smock-Alley. A copy printed in 1792 "for the bookseller" (no author named). Later included in A Volume of Farces as they are performed at the Theatre Smock Alley, Dublin, listed as "of doubtful authorship". In the 1822 Oxberry's edition of the play the writer of the preface ("P.P.") also claims that the author was unknown.
Performance history in South Africa
7 February 1818: Performed in Cape Town by the English Theatricals company (former Garrison Players) in the African Theatre, with Speed the Plough (Morton).
11 September, 1824: Performed by the English Theatricals company in the African Theatre Cape Town , as afterpiece to Inkle and Yarico (Colman Jr). It was done as a benefit for Mrs Black.
Sources
https://archive.org/details/spoiledchildafa00fordgoog
http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/b/Bickerstaffe_I/life.htm
Bosman, 1928: 153, 199,
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