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A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion (1849) is a one act farce by John Maddison Morton.

First performed 11 June 1849 Royal Adelphi Theatre ( Check this! found on Victorian Plays Project)

'anarchic comedy with sinister undertones' - ref BTG below

Snoozle - ' a henpecked husband enjoying a moment of peace and solitude without the interference of his wife or the servants — all sent away for a day off. Alas, this scene of domestic serenity is cruelly disrupted by the entry of ... intruder, stripping off his clothes for a dip in the fish pond before barging into the parlour to take possession of the best chair and a couple of jewelled snuff boxes, as well as snarling with all too believable menace.' - BTG

'The complacent, well-off Snoozle is looking forward to a day of utter peace, without family or servants. But when he rescues a chap trying to commit suicide in his garden pond, he finds his space invaded by a seeming madman who dunks a muffin in the goldfish bowl, steals his snuffbox and seeks to become his heir'[1]

Modern revivals

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In 1967 the National Theatre performed Morton's A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion as part of a triple bill including a play by John Lennon.[2] 

- also check http://theatricalia.com/play/4pk/a-most-unwarrantable-intrusion/production/a72
- poster at: http://www.ntposters.org.uk/image/59753/login.php?redirect=%2Fimage%2F59753%2Flogin.php%3Fredirect%3D%252Fimage%252F59753%252Flogin.php%253Fredirect%253D%25252Fimage%25252F59753%25252Ftriple-bill-covent-garden-tragedy-in-his-own-write-most-unwarrantable-intrusion-a
- all the National Theatre archive info: http://worthing.nationaltheatre.org.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Performance&dsqSearch=PerfCode=='186'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl

As a bicentenary celebration of Morton's birth, in June 2011 the Orange Tree Theatre, presented a triple bill of three of Morton's one act farces, Slasher and Crasher!, A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion and Grimshaw, Bagshaw and Bradshaw, directed by Henry Bell.[3] 

- check out: http://nnet-server.com/server/common/evorangetree001.htm


References

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  1. ^ [1], The Guardian, June 5th 2011, accessed October 10th 2012
  2. ^ Archive Collection, National Theatre, accessed 17 January 2011
  3. ^ 3 Farces. British Theatre Guide, accessed 16 June 2011
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Text of A Most Unwarrantable Intrusion at Archive.org Scan of the 1870 publication


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