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''[[My Son Diana]]'' is a farce in one act by A. Harris (1825-1873)[].

==The original text==

First performed at the Haymarket, London , on 25th May, 1857 and at the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia in 1857. Published in Boston by W.V. Spencer, [1857] as no CXXXIII of Spencer's  Boston Theatre. 

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1860: Performed on the Eastern Cape border on 29 October by the Sergeants of the Regiment ([[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]]) as afterpiece to ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare). The cast of the farce consisted of Sergeant [[J. Lydon]], (Mr Caraway Culpepper), Sergeant-major [[T. H. Smith]] (Mr Septimus Smith), Sergeant [[F. Edwards]] (John, a servant), Lance Corporal [[J. Davies]] (Diana, Culpepper's daughter), Corporal [[G. Brown]] (Louisa, Culpepper's niece).

== Sources ==

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023888

Facsimile version of the 1857 edition, ''Hathi Trust Digital Library''[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t7vm4qc0t;view=1up;seq=11]

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.

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

''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 3. November 1, 1860.

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