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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
First performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury lane and published by Wittingham and Arliss in 1815.  
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First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1815. Published by Whittingham and Arliss, London, in the same year, with a second edition published in 1816.
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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1846: Performed on Thursday 20 August, probably by [[All the World's a Stage]], in the [[Victoria Theatre]] in Hoop Street, with ''[[The Village Lawyer]]'' (Macready) as afterpiece and the interlude ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]''.
 
1846: Performed on Thursday 20 August, probably by [[All the World's a Stage]], in the [[Victoria Theatre]] in Hoop Street, with ''[[The Village Lawyer]]'' (Macready) as afterpiece and the interlude ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]''.
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1871: Performed as ''[[Who's Who]]'' by a regimental "Dramatic Club" (the sources are unclear about the precise name of the company, it was possibly an outflow of - or a company founded in affiliation with - the [[Cape Town Institute and Club]]'s dramatic company) in the [[Theatre Royal, Main Barracks]], Cape Town, on 6 May, with ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (Morton) and ''[[Sarah's Young Man]]'' (Suter).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
Facsimile version of the 1816 edition of the text, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ZlQVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Who's+Who?+or+The+Double+Imposture+by+Poole&source=bl&ots=2CKthYtbrk&sig=VcypIj3-NfQSugYFqiYbJhiHa8I&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjkjKXG1I7NAhVKD8AKHTIiC9MQ6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=Who's%20Who%3F%20or%20The%20Double%20Imposture%20by%20Poole&f=false]
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Facsimile version of the 1816 edition of the text, [[Google E-book]][https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ZlQVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Who's+Who?+or+The+Double+Imposture+by+Poole&source=bl&ots=2CKthYtbrk&sig=VcypIj3-NfQSugYFqiYbJhiHa8I&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjkjKXG1I7NAhVKD8AKHTIiC9MQ6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=Who's%20Who%3F%20or%20The%20Double%20Imposture%20by%20Poole&f=false]
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poole_(playwright)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poole_(playwright)
  
[[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. 184
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[[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/]: p. 184
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 267
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[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 05:45, 12 June 2023

Who's Who? or The Double Imposture is a farce by John Poole (1786–1872)[1].

The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1815. Published by Whittingham and Arliss, London, in the same year, with a second edition published in 1816.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1846: Performed on Thursday 20 August, probably by All the World's a Stage, in the Victoria Theatre in Hoop Street, with The Village Lawyer (Macready) as afterpiece and the interlude Fortune's Frolic.

1871: Performed as Who's Who by a regimental "Dramatic Club" (the sources are unclear about the precise name of the company, it was possibly an outflow of - or a company founded in affiliation with - the Cape Town Institute and Club's dramatic company) in the Theatre Royal, Main Barracks, Cape Town, on 6 May, with Slasher and Crasher (Morton) and Sarah's Young Man (Suter).

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1816 edition of the text, Google E-book[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poole_(playwright)

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: p. 184

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 267

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

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