Did You Ever Send Your Wife to Camberwell?

Did You Ever Send Your Wife to Camberwell? is a farce, in one act by Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803–1868).

The original text
First performed at the Adelphi Theatre on 16 March, 1846. Published at the Nassau Steam Press, London in 1846.

Performance history in South Africa
1853: Performed in the Garrison Theatre by the Officers of the Garrison on Wednesday 14 September, 1853, as afterpiece to The Illustrious Stranger, or Married and Buried (Millingen and Kenney) and Bombastes Furioso (Rhodes). Actors included R.A. Pasley, Captain Hall and Captain Fisher.

1853: Performed in The Lyceum, the newly constructed Port Elizabeth theatre, by the Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society on 26 September, with She Stoops to Conquer (Goldsmith).

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