The Curfew

The Curfew is a play in five acts by John Tobin (1770 – 1804)[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tobin_(dramatist)]

The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 19 February 1807. Published by Richard Philips in London in 1807.

Performance history in South Africa

1829: Performed) by the English Theatrical Amateur Company in The African Theatre, Cape Town on 3 October, with Killing No Murder (Hook). (In the programme The Curfew is listed as having been written by "Tobois".)

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tobin_(dramatist)

Facsimile version of the 7th edition (1807) , Google eBook[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 203-4,

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