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A melodrama in Three Acts by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)
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A melodrama in three acts by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
Published by J. Duncombe, 1834
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Published by J. Duncombe, 1834. Also listed in some adverts in Australia as ''[[Wenlock of Wenlock, or The Moss Trooper and The Spirit of the Black Mantle]]
 
 
A two-act abridgment of  [[The Committee, or The Faithful Irishman]], a comedy by Sir Robert Howard (1626-1698). Probably first performed in London in 1662, and printed 1665.
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 17:16, 28 June 2015

A melodrama in three acts by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)

The original text

Published by J. Duncombe, 1834. Also listed in some adverts in Australia as Wenlock of Wenlock, or The Moss Trooper and The Spirit of the Black Mantle

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1843: Performed in the Amateur Theatre in Hope Street by All the World's a Stage, with The Honest Thieves (Knight) as afterpiece.

Sources

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/Wenlock_of_Wenlock.html?id=8QrKQAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: p. 413

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