The Wedding Day

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There are two 18th century plays by this title.


The Wedding Day by Henry Fielding

A comedy in five acts.

The original text

Though already written (at least in draft form) when Fielding returned to London from the University of Leyden towards the end of 1729, it was not initially staged, and only produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1743 by David Garrick.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fielding's_early_plays

Facsimile of original published text, in The Works of Henry Fielding, with a Life of the Author: Plays (Google eBook)[1]

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The Wedding Day by Elizabeth Inchbald

A comedy in two acts.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

First performed on 1 Nov 1794 at Drury Lane and published in 1794, printed for G. G. and J. Robinson [etc.] in London.

Sources

Inchbald, Elizabeth. The Wedding Day. Eds. Thomas C. Crochunis and Susan Hyon. British Women Playwrights around 1800. 15 June 2003.[2]


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