Payable on Demand

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Payable on Demand is an original domestic drama in two acts by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[1]

The original text

First produced at the Royal Olympic Theatre on 11 July, 1859 and published in London by T.H. Lacy in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1860: Performed in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 15 June, with Shocking Events (Buckstone) and a performance of the brass band of the 59th Regiment.

1860: Performed in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 29 June, with Those Plagues of Children (Morton).

Sources

Facsimile version of the original text by T.H.Lacy, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

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

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.153-5

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