The Fashionable Lover

The Fashionable Lover is an English  comedy by Richard Cumberland (1732 – 1811).

The original text
A sentimental comedy about the adventures of a young ward fleeing the attentions of a villainous lord, it was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in January 1772, and published by W.Griffin in the same year.

Performance history in South Africa
1827: Performed in English by Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense on 12 June, with a farce billed as Botheration, or Ten Years' Blunder (Oulton).

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