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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1854: Originally scheduled for production on 5 June 1854, and finally performed in Cape Town's [[Garrison Theatre]]  by the [[Garrison Players]] on 18 September 1854 as part of a benefit performance for the comedian [[Mr Kirton]], along with  ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly) and ''[[Middle Temple]]'' (Peake).
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1854: Originally scheduled for production on 5 June 1854, and finally performed (as ''Honesty is the Best Policy'') in Cape Town's [[Garrison Theatre]]  by the [[Garrison Players]] on 18 September 1854 as part of a benefit performance for the comedian [[Mr Kirton]], along with  ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly) and ''[[Middle Temple]]'' (Peake).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 07:13, 24 June 2015

Honesty the Best Policy is a drama in two acts by Mark Lemon'[1] (1809-1870).

The original text

Described as "adapted to the English stage", ity was published in 1800 by Davidson in London.

Performance history in South Africa

1854: Originally scheduled for production on 5 June 1854, and finally performed (as Honesty is the Best Policy) in Cape Town's Garrison Theatre by the Garrison Players on 18 September 1854 as part of a benefit performance for the comedian Mr Kirton, along with The Spitalfields Weaver (Bayly) and Middle Temple (Peake).

Sources

http://www.worldcat.org/title/honesty-the-best-policy-a-drama-in-two-acts-adapted-to-the-english-stage/oclc/2107434

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lemon

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: pp 407-9,

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