Was I to Blame?
Was I to Blame? is a comic burletta by George Herbert Rodwell (1801-1852)[1]
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London, on 13 December, 1830. Published by Thomas Hailes Lacy (volume xxxii), on 18 November, 1830.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1867: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by the Madame Duret and the Le Roy-Duret Company on 15 July, with The Four Sisters (Bernard) and A Match in the Dark (Dance).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rodwell
Allardyce Nicholl. 1930. A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850 (Volume 2). Cambridge University Press: p. 385[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 227.
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