Capitola, or The Masked Mother and The Hidden Hand

Capitola, or The Masked Mother and The Hidden Hand is a drama in three acts, by Colin Henry Hazlewood (1823-1875).

Also appears as The Masked Mother, or The Hidden Hand.

The original text
Based on The Hidden Hand (or Capitola the Madcap), a popular serial novel by E.D.E.N. Southworth (first published in the New York Ledger in 1859) - according to Habegger (1981) probably one of the best selling American-authored books of the 19th century. Hazlewood's dramatization was first performed at the City of London Theatre in 1860 published in London by T.H. Lacy, as No 104 in the series of Acting Editions of Plays.

Performance history in South Africa
1867: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 28 May by the Le Roy's Original Company company, with Poor Pillicoddy. The evening was offered as a benefit for Le Roy.

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