Crochet Lodge

Crochet Lodge is a farce in two acts by Thomas Hurlstone

The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. London, 14 February, 1795. Published by T.N. Longman, 1795, reprinted 1796.

Performance history in South Africa
1818: Produced in the African Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa on 21 November by the Gentlemen Amateurs, with the help of four professional actors from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool (en route to Calcutta), led by Mr Cooke. The accompanying pieces were Catherine and Petrucchio (Shakespeare) and a "Divertissement" called Sandy and Jenny, or Love in the Sack (Griffin)

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