The Secret

The Secret is a comedy in five acts by Edward Morris (1768-1815).

Also found as The Secret!

The original text
Written and first performed at the Drury Lane theatre in 1799. Published in London by Cadell and Davies, 1799.

Performance history in South Africa
1854: Performed by the City Amateur Theatrical Society on Wednesday, 26th July in the Dutch Company's Bree Street Theatre (corner of Dorp Street), Cape Town. It followed Hamlet (Act 3) and A Race for a Dinner (Rodwell),  and was itself followed by Ion (Talfourd). Musical accompaniment by Mr Holt's musical corps.

1854: Performed again by the City Amateur Theatrical Society a month later, on Monday 21 August, preceded by The Mendicant (G. à Beckett) and The First Floor (Cobb)

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