Locked in with A Lady: A Sketch from Life
Locked in with A Lady: A Sketch from Life is a one act farce by H.R. (Henry Robert) Addison (1805-1876)[1]
Also found simply as Locked in with A Lady
Contents
The original text
Published in London by T.H. Lacy and Samuel French, 1863 and in Chicago by the Drama Publishing Company [n.d.]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed as Locked in with A Lady in the Eastern Cape village of Keiskama Hoek's Garrison Theatre by the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot on June 21, with a cast that included J. F. Gay (Peter Follet), J. Davies (Mary Markam), W. Dansie (A Voice), J. M'Kechnie (Several cats). Also performed was a scene from Alarcos (), followed by The Irish Tiger (Morton). (For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Robert_Addison
http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/a/Addison_HR/life.htm
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