The Two Polts

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The Two Poets is a farce by John Courtney (1804-1865)[1].

The original text

First performed at the Royal Surrey Theatre, London, on 25 November 1850, and published by and Samuel French (1860?)

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1876: Performed in the Athenaeum Theatre, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 17 April, as an afterpiece to Blow for Blow (Byron). (The title now wrongly given as The Two Poets by Bosman, 1980, though ascribing it to Courtney.)

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1860 edition by Samuel French, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

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

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

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