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| − | First performed at the | + | First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London in 1 November, 1824 and the Park Theatre, New York, in 1855. |
| − | Published in London by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] (as Volume 22 of Lacy's acting edition), | + | Published in London ''inter alia'' by Dick's and by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] (as Volume 22 of Lacy's acting edition, 1824), and in New York by E.M. Murden (1825) and [[Samuel French]] (1850). |
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| + | Facsimile version of the 1825 edition by Murden, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nGkNAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=The+Young+Widow+by+Rodwell&source=bl&ots=fPtV3vIgrx&sig=ACfU3U16KG_kTMcsJrKfhkzVlDKfHHetIA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx4f7QtdTkAhUbURUIHWDhBFo4ChDoATABegQIBRAB#v=onepage&q=The%20Young%20Widow%20by%20Rodwell&f=false] | ||
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| + | Facsimile version of the Samuel French edition of 1850, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/youngwidoworless00rodw/page/n1] | ||
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| + | https://www.worldcat.org/title/young-widow-an-original-farce-in-one-act/oclc/47989253 | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rodwell | ||
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.233 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.233 | ||
Revision as of 05:56, 16 September 2019
The Young Widow, or A Lesson for Lovers is a comic piece in one act by Thomas G. Rodwell (17*?-1825)[1]
More often found simply as The Young Widow.
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London in 1 November, 1824 and the Park Theatre, New York, in 1855.
Published in London inter alia by Dick's and by Thomas Hailes Lacy (as Volume 22 of Lacy's acting edition, 1824), and in New York by E.M. Murden (1825) and Samuel French (1850).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1868: Performed by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 4 May, with The Dowager (Mathews).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1825 edition by Murden, Google E-book[2]
Facsimile version of the Samuel French edition of 1850, The Internet Archive[3]
https://www.worldcat.org/title/young-widow-an-original-farce-in-one-act/oclc/47989253
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rodwell
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.233
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