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''[[The Worst Woman in London]]'' is a Melodrama by [[Walter Melville]] (1875–1937)[http://www.its-behind-you.com/melvilles.html]

==The original text==

One of the so-called "Bad Women Dramas" by Frederick Melville and Walter Melville, i.e. plays with a strong moral theme, very much suited to the tastes of the day.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1903: Performed by the [[Leonard Rayne]] company in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, as part of a season that extended from on 10 August till 23 October. Other plays in the company's repertoire were ''[[A Message from Mars]]'', ''[[Her Second Time on Earth]]'' (W. Melville), ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' ().

== Sources ==

The Melville Collection The University of Kent Library Special Collections and Archives [https://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/theatre/melville/overview/plays/bad-woman-dramas.html]

Elaine Aston and Ian Clarke. 1996. "The Dangerous Woman of Melvillean Drama" in ''New Theatre Quarterly'' 45: Volume 12, Part 1. Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dsKwV58Y5S8C&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=Her+Second+Time+on+Earth+by+Walter+Melville&source=bl&ots=F6aYhJA3oo&sig=ACfU3U0KmiKhxbMGUZrLR4Q0NBq_cTQoCQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjo_tGv38joAhW-QxUIHQwYBOoQ6AEwAnoECAsQKA#v=onepage&q=Her%20Second%20Time%20on%20Earth%20by%20Walter%20Melville&f=false].

Robert Leach. 2018. ''An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance'': Volume Two - "From the Industrial Revolution to the Digital Age". Routledge.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ePmADwAAQBAJ&pg=PT379&lpg=PT379&dq=Her+Second+Time+on+Earth+by+Walter+Melville&source=bl&ots=VAlE0jKeI0&sig=ACfU3U1epduZXDUmw_uC3nGnS5vg4VSYhw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjo_tGv38joAhW-QxUIHQwYBOoQ6AEwBHoECAsQMw#v=onepage&q=Her%20Second%20Time%20on%20Earth%20by%20Walter%20Melville&f=false]

[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.417

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 ==The original text==
 One of the so-called "Bad Women Dramas" by  Frederick Melville and Walter Melville, i.e.  plays with a strong moral theme, very much suited to the tastes of the day.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed by the [[Leonard Rayne]] company in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, as part of a season that extended from on 10 August till 23 October. Other plays in the company's repertoire were ''[[A Message from Mars]]'', ''[[Her Second Time on Earth]]'' (W. Melville), ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' ().
+: Performed by the [[Leonard Rayne]] company in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, as part of a season that extended from on 10 August till 23 October. Other plays in the company's repertoire were ''[[A Message from Mars]]'', ''[[Her Second Time on Earth]]'' (W. Melville), ''[[The Shaughraun]]'' (Boucicault).
 == Sources ==