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''[[The Tragedy of Jane Shore]]'' is a five act play by Nicholas Rowe (1674 –1718)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Rowe_(writer)].  
 
''[[The Tragedy of Jane Shore]]'' is a five act play by Nicholas Rowe (1674 –1718)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Rowe_(writer)].  
  
Also found as ''[[Jane Shore, or The Unfortunate Favourite]]''
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Also found as ''[[Jane Shore, or The Unfortunate Favourite]]'' or simply ''[[Jane Shore]]''
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==

Revision as of 05:41, 13 May 2020

The Tragedy of Jane Shore is a five act play by Nicholas Rowe (1674 –1718)[1].

Also found as Jane Shore, or The Unfortunate Favourite or simply Jane Shore

The original text

A play , "(W)ritten in Imitation of Shakespear's Style", first played at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, with Mrs Oldfield in the title role, in February of 1714. Published by Bernard Lintott, London, 1714.


South African performances

1831: Performed under the title Jane Shore, or The Unfortunate Favourite on 16 April by All the World's a Stage in the Roeland Street Theatre, with as afterpiece The Irish Tutor, or New Lights (Glengall).

Sources

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Rowe_(writer)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: p. 215,

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