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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
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First performed at the Theatre Royal Adelphi, London, in April, 1854
  
 
Published by Richard Bentley, 1854 and [[Samuel French]], 1856.
 
Published by Richard Bentley, 1854 and [[Samuel French]], 1856.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
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1867: Performed by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 25 and 28 November, with ''[[Family Jars]]'' (Lunn and Perry), a "[[Pas Seul]]" by [[Miss Clara]]. The performances under the patronage of the Commander and Officers of the USA sloops[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloop] ''Wyoming'' and ''Massachusetts''.
1867: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of the 1854 edition by Bentley, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=NQYJAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
 
Facsimile version of the 1854 edition by Bentley, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=NQYJAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
  
[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Taylor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Reade
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.231, 233-4, 237
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 05:30, 8 July 2021

Two Loves and a Life is a drama in four acts by Tom Taylor ( 1817–1880)[1] and Charles Reade (1814-1884)[2].


The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal Adelphi, London, in April, 1854

Published by Richard Bentley, 1854 and Samuel French, 1856.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1867: Performed by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 25 and 28 November, with Family Jars (Lunn and Perry), a "Pas Seul" by Miss Clara. The performances under the patronage of the Commander and Officers of the USA sloops[3] Wyoming and Massachusetts.

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1854 edition by Bentley, Google E-book[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Taylor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Reade

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.231, 233-4, 237

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