The Smoked Miser, or The Benefit of Hanging

The Smoked Miser, or The Benefit of Hanging is a comic dramatic sketch (or farce) in one act by Douglas Jerrold (1803 – 1857).

The original text
A farce about a miser tries to marry off his ward to advantage. First performed at Sadlers Wells on 23 June, 1823 and published in London by  J. Duncombe, [183-?]

Performance history in South Africa
1830: Played on 7 August by the All the World's a Stage in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to The Flying Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship (Fitzball).

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