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''[[Two Strings to your Bow]]'' is a farce, in two acts by Robert Jephson (1736-1803)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jephson].
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== The original text ==
 
 
 
it was in actual fact an adaptation by of ''[[The Hotel, or The Double Valet]]'', a farce in two acts by Thomas Vaughan, Thomas (fl. 1772-1820), originally performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane in 1776, and published by  T. Becket,1776. Vaughan's play in turn was based on Carlo Goldoni's farce ''[[Il Servitore di Due Padrone]]'' (1776-7).
 
 
 
Originally performed in Ireland under the title ***, it was first performed in London at the Theatres Royal, Covent Garden and the Drury Lane in 1791. First printed in London for C. and G. Kearsley,1791.
 
 
 
In his study [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1928) wrongly attributes authorship of the play to the actor Andrew Cherry, who had played the character "Lazarillo" in the Drury Lane production.
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1818: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 7 November, as a benefit for [[Mrs Brough]], with ''[[The Will]]'' (Reynolds).
 
 
 
1823: Performed  by the [[Garrison Players|Amateur Company]] as a benefit for [[Mrs Green]], in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 25 November 1823; with ''[[Wild Oats]]'' by O'Keeffe.
 
 
 
1824: Performed  the [[African Theatre]] on 24 July by the [[Garrison Players]], along with ''[[John Bull, or an Englishman's Fireside]]'' (Colman Jr).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
''Two strings to your bow'': a farce, in two acts, as now performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, with distinguished applause. By Robert Jephson, Esq. at http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4239 via http://writersinspire.org/content/two-strings-your-bow-farce-two-acts-now-performed-theatre-royal-covent-garden-distinguished. Accessed on Friday, June 24, 2016.
 
 
 
''The hotel: or, the double valet''. A farce, in two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By Thomas Vaughan, Esq. at http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/3999 via http://writersinspire.org/content/hotel-or-double-valet-farce-two-acts-it-performed-theatre-royal-drury-lane-thomas-vaughan. Accessed on Thursday, June 23, 2016.
 
 
 
Facsimile version of the 1806 published text by John Cawthorn, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=MbULAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=Robert+Jephson+Two+Strings+to+your+Bow&source=bl&ots=grob4nhl64&sig=mmH7ARI5glRvLgeE6hQgOcAHSBY&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFtcWVk8HNAhVCD8AKHQp4DJcQ6AEILjAD#v=onepage&q=Robert%20Jephson%20Two%20Strings%20to%20your%20Bow&f=false]
 
 
 
Asier Altuna Garciá de Salazar. 2008 “Robert Jephson, Anglo-Ireland, A Spanish Lazarillo of Valencia and the farcical recourse to food in Two Strings to Your Bow (1791)” in ''Odisea'' No 9. [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=4k3kCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=The+Hotel+or+Double+Valet+Vaughan&source=bl&ots=Uqm1aPybH8&sig=NBrtcj37D9JlZTvGtJoHj9mPrJs&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE04msl8HNAhVJDsAKHbd5DhAQ6AEIUzAJ#v=onepage&q=The%20Hotel%20or%20Double%20Valet%20Vaughan&f=false]
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jephson
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]:  pp. 155, 185
 
 
 
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