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''The Italian Father: A Comedy, in Five Acts'' (1799) is an American comedic play by William Dunlap, though substantially adapted from Part II of the ''The Honest Whore'' (c. 1606) by Thomas Dekker. Dunlap considered it his best play. It was popular with the public at the time (who mistakenly believed it to be a translation of August von Kotzebue and approved it accordingly as a great work),〔Dunlap, William. (A History of the American Theatre ), pp. 265-66 (1832)〕〔(A History of the American Theatre from Its Origins to 1832 ), p. xvi (2005)〕 and considered positively by modern critics.〔Burt, Daniel S., ed. (The Chronology of American Literature ), p. 108 (2004)〕〔Coad, Oral Sumner. (William Dunlap: S Study of His Life and Works of His Place in Contemporary Culture ), pp. 67, 167, 287 (1917)〕 It debuted at the Park Theatre in New York City on April 15, 1799, and played for three performances that season. It also played in Boston in the fall, and was revived in New York for one performance in 1802.〔 The play was published in 1810, wherein Dunlap admitted he had "enriched his work" from old English sources but claimed it was "without forfeiting his claim to originality in the composition."〔 When writing his ''History of the American Theatre'' twenty years after that, Dunlap admitted that "Decker furnished many of the finest passages in this drama."〔Hoy, Cyrus. (Introductions, Notes and Commentaries to Texts in 'The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker', Vol II ), pp. 74-75 (1979)〕 The 1830 play ''The Deformed'' by Richard Penn Smith is based both on ''The Honest Whore'' and Dunlap's adaptation.〔Quinn, Arthur Hobson, ed. (The Literature of the American People: An Historical and Critical Survey ), p. 470 (1951)〕 ==Original New York cast== *Michael Brazzo (the father) by Joseph Tyler *Beraldo by Thomas Apthorpe Cooper〔Ireland, Joseph Norton. (A Memoir of the Professional Life of Thomas Abthorpe Cooper ), p. 90 (1888)〕 *Hippolito by John Martin *Lodovico by William Bates *Fool by Joseph Jefferson (grandfather of Joseph Jefferson (1829-1905)) *Carlo by Miller *Beatrice by Eleanor Westray ("Miss E. Westray") *Astrabel by Mrs. Giles Leonard Barrett ("Mrs. Barrett") *Leonora by Georgina George Oldmixon ("Mrs. Oldmixon")〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Italian Father」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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