Number One, Round the Corner

Number One, Round the Corner is a one act farce by William Brough (1826-1870)[1]

The original text

Licenced on 7 March for performance at the Theatre Royal Lyceum on 9 March 1854 (the stipulation being made that the phrase "Oh Lord!" be omitted). Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy, in 1856 (as vol. 14, no. 199) and later also in French's Minor Drama (no. 193) and Spencer's Boston Theatre: a collection of scarce acting tragedies, comedies, dramas, farces and burlettas (vol. 7, no. 52),

Advertised as No. 1 Round the Corner (no author given) and called a "good two character piece" in a listing of "Plays suitable for private performances" in The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar for 1881 (p.62).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1877: Performed as No. 1 Round the Corner in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 25 October, as an afterpiece to Blow for Blow (Byron).

1889: Performed as No. 1 Round the Corner in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town, by Luscombe Searelle's company as part of a season of plays featuring Lionel Brough (brother of the author) and put on during the second half of the year. The season was not a success.