The Village Lawyer

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A farce, in two acts. Attributed, somewhat doubtfully, to William Macready, the Elder.


The original text

Erroneously attributed to the William Macready in a pirated edition, and since printed as such, the play is actually an adaptation of L'Avocat Pathelin by David-Augustin de Brueys, the translation being attributed to either George Colman the Elder, or Charles Lyons.

Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, 28 August 1787.

Printed inter alia by in 1795, P. Byrne in 1801, R. Grace in 1819 - all attributed to Macready.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

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

Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes, ed. and published by C.E. Oxberry, 1826: p.38, see Footnote on William Macready[ http://books.google.co.za/books?id=yggJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=The+Village+Lawyer+by+Macready&source=bl&ots=xXP12soUkH&sig=LQ7JGbA6hjiJiVy8nkdgTnUGsRU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r7XIU57HPMKI7AbTu4CoCA&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=The%20Village%20Lawyer%20by%20Macready&f=false]

http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7381029?versionId=8495363

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp144,

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