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Revision as of 07:12, 23 December 2015
by Robert Jephson (1736-1803).
A farce, in two acts. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden 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 London 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 Amateur Company as a benefit for Mrs Green, in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 25 November 1823; with Wild Oats by O'Keeffe.
Sources
Oxford Text Archive[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: pp. 155, 185
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