The Swiss Cottage, or Why Don't She Marry?

The Swiss Cottage, or Why Don't She Marry? is a vaudeville in one act by Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839)

The text also referred to simply as The Swiss Cottage, and on occasion called a musical burletta.

The original text
First performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, followed by performances at various American theatres. Published as Volume 405 of Dicks' standard plays, Volume 1 of Lacy's acting edition and in Samuel French's American Drama (no LXXIX), 1860 and by Thomas Hailes Lacy, London, 1866.

Performance history in South Africa
1871: Performed as The Swiss Cottage by the visiting Bijou Troupe in the Cape Town Institute building on 20 March, with The Rough Diamond (Buckstone).

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