The Turned Head

The Turned Head is a farce in one act by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811-1856).

The original text
First performed in the Victoria Theatre, London on 3 November, 1834. Also done at the Strand Theatre London and the National Theatre Boston (in 1839). Published in London in Cumberland Minor Drama, vol. xiii; Dicks as No 338 and Lacy no LXVII, and in Boston as no 101 in Spencers Boston Theatre.

Performance history in South Africa
1867: Performed as The Turned Head in Mr Ferguson's Saloon, in the Swiss Hotel, Plein Street, Cape Town, by the Young Men's Dramatic Company on 29th June, with Love in Humble Life (Scribe and Dupin).

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