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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1854: Performed in Cape Town (apparently under the title [[The Two Bonnycastles]], according to Bosman 1928, p408) in late July by the [[Garrison Players|Amateur Company]] (aided by the Officers of the Garrison) in the [[Garrison Theatre]]. Also performed were ''[[Charles XII; or, the Siege of Stralsund |Charles the Twelfth]]'' (Planché), something called ''[[A Peculiar Position]]''. The performances were repeated on Friday, 18 August,  with the addition of ''[[The Honeymoon]]'' (Tobin).
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1854: Performed in Cape Town (apparently under the title [[The Two Bonnycastles]], according to Bosman 1928, p408) in late July by the [[Garrison Players|Amateur Company]] (aided by the Officers of the Garrison) in the [[Garrison Theatre]]. Also performed were ''[[Charles XII; or, the Siege of Stralsund |Charles the Twelfth]]'' (Planché), something called ''[[A Peculiar Position]]''. The performances were repeated on Friday, 18 August,  with the addition of ''[[The Honey Moon|The Honeymoon]]'' (Tobin).
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 07:34, 14 April 2014

A farce in one act by J.M. Morton. First performed in London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on Tuesday 25 November, 1851. Published by Lacy, 1851.

Performance history in South Africa

1854: Performed in Cape Town (apparently under the title The Two Bonnycastles, according to Bosman 1928, p408) in late July by the Amateur Company (aided by the Officers of the Garrison) in the Garrison Theatre. Also performed were Charles the Twelfth (Planché), something called A Peculiar Position. The performances were repeated on Friday, 18 August, with the addition of The Honeymoon (Tobin).

Translations and adaptations

Sources

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

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Two_Bonnycastles.html?id=Uvs7AQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y


Bosman, 1928: pp. 408

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