Lady Clancarty, or Wedded and Wooed

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Lady Clancarty, or Wedded and Wooed is a comedy in four acts by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[1].

The play later also performed under the shortened title of Lady Clancarty, or even simply billed as Clancarty.

The play is wrongly listed in the index to F.C.L. Bosman's 19870 history of South African theatre as "Lady Clantary, or Wedded and Wooed", though named correctly named in the body of the text (p.368).

The original text

Described as "a tale of the assassination plot, 1696", it was first performed, under its original full title, at the Olympic Theatre, London, on 9 March, 1874.

Published by Samuel French, London, Issue 368 of French's standard drama (The Acting edition) in 1874 and by Chatto & Windus, 1877.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1878: Performed as Lady Clancarty, or Wedded and Wooed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 8 May, with scenes from Robinson Crusoe (Byron). The evening a benefit for Sutton Vane.

1878: Repeated by Captain Disney Roebuck's company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 10 and 11 May, again with scenes from Robinson Crusoe (Byron).

Sources

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

Online Books by Tom Taylor, The Online Books Page[2]

J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition), p.341[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 368.


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