On the Sly

On the Sly is a farce in one act by John Maddison Morton (1811–1891)[1].

Also found as On the Sly!.

The original text

First performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on October 24 in 1864.

Published by Ames in Clyde, Ohio [186-?]

1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 2nd August, with The Mutiny at the Nore (Jerrold) and a "Great Comic Shadow Pantomime, sensation from the Crystal Palace".

1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 6th August along with a Shadow Pantomime (Anon.), Lilian Gervais (Barnett), and a comic dance called Gocum and Lisbeth (Jerrold).

1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on the 25th of August. This was part of a children's matinee, which also included a Shadow Pantomime (Anon.), The Nervous Cures (Brown and Norton) and The Dancing Scotchman (Flexmore and Auriol?).