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Notes
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Based on Mayne, The City Match and Rowley, Match Me at Midnight.
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Planche's The Merchant's Wedding is included in AustLit because it was produced in Australian theatres during the colonial era.
Production Details
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First produced at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, London, England, 5 February 1828.
Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966.
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Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, April 1838
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Royal Victoria Theatre
1838
single work
review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 11 April vol. 4 no. 257 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Youthful Queen, Christine of Sweden 1828 single work drama ; The Merchant's Wedding; Or, London Frolics in 1638 1828 single work drama ; The King's Command; Or, All for Love 1838 single work dramaReview of performances at the Royal Victoria Theatre on 7 and 10 April 1838.
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Royal Victoria Theatre : The Merchant's Wedding &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 7 April vol. 36 no. 4002 1838; (p. 3)Advertisement for: Performance on 9 April 1838 of: ‘an admired comedy in 5 Acts, from the pen of J. R. Planche, Esq., principally founded on Jasper Mayne’s City March and W. Rowley’s March at Midnight, entitled The Merchant’s Wedding, or, London Frolics in 1638’; ‘To conclude with, for the last time this Season, the laughable petite Comedy, called The King’s Command’.
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Royal Victoria Theatre : The Merchant's Wedding &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 10 April vol. 36 no. 4003 1838; (p. 3)Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 10 April 1838 of: ‘(2nd time) The Merchant’s Wedding, or, London Frolics in 1638’ [James Robinson Planche, 1828]; ‘To conclude with the operatic Farce, called No Song No Supper, or, The Lawyer in the Sack’ [Prince Hoare, 1790].
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The Theatre
1838
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 17 April vol. 36 no. 4006 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of The Merchant's Wedding; Or, London Frolics in 1638 1828 single work drama ; The Queer Subject 1836 single work drama
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The Theatre
1838
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 17 April vol. 36 no. 4006 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of The Merchant's Wedding; Or, London Frolics in 1638 1828 single work drama ; The Queer Subject 1836 single work drama -
Royal Victoria Theatre
1838
single work
review
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 11 April vol. 4 no. 257 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Youthful Queen, Christine of Sweden 1828 single work drama ; The Merchant's Wedding; Or, London Frolics in 1638 1828 single work drama ; The King's Command; Or, All for Love 1838 single work dramaReview of performances at the Royal Victoria Theatre on 7 and 10 April 1838.
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Royal Victoria Theatre : The Merchant's Wedding &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 7 April vol. 36 no. 4002 1838; (p. 3)Advertisement for: Performance on 9 April 1838 of: ‘an admired comedy in 5 Acts, from the pen of J. R. Planche, Esq., principally founded on Jasper Mayne’s City March and W. Rowley’s March at Midnight, entitled The Merchant’s Wedding, or, London Frolics in 1638’; ‘To conclude with, for the last time this Season, the laughable petite Comedy, called The King’s Command’.
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Royal Victoria Theatre : The Merchant's Wedding &c.
1838
single work
advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 10 April vol. 36 no. 4003 1838; (p. 3)Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 10 April 1838 of: ‘(2nd time) The Merchant’s Wedding, or, London Frolics in 1638’ [James Robinson Planche, 1828]; ‘To conclude with the operatic Farce, called No Song No Supper, or, The Lawyer in the Sack’ [Prince Hoare, 1790].
