Aunt Charlotte's Maid

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Aunt Charlotte's Maid is a farce in one act by John Maddison Morton (1811-1891)[1]

The original text

Published 1858

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1875: Performed in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 9 April, with Dot (Dickens/Boucicault).

1876: Performed in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 29 June, with The Life of an Actress (Boucicault).

1877: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 29 November, with Lady Audley's Secret (Braddon/Hazlewood).

1877: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 6 December, with East Lynne (Wood)

1878: Performed in the New Theatre, De Goede Hoop Gardens, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 18 and 19 January, with Royalists and Republicans, or Delicate Ground (Dance).

Sources

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

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 323, 340, 363-4.


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