A Happy Pair

A Happy Pair is a comedietta in one act by S. Theyre Smith [].

The author's name is sometimes found as "S. Theyre-Smith" or "Spenser Theyre-Smith", and the play as The Happy Pair.

The original text
First performed at St. James Theatre, London, on 2 March, 1868. Published in London by Samuel French in 1868. The most frequently found version however, appears to be the one by Harold Roorbach, New York, published as No 30 of Roorbach's American Edition of Acting Plays in 1890.

Performance history in South Africa
1875: Performed as A Happy Pair in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company  on 22 March, with Black-Eyed Susan (Jerrold).

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