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Dying for Love is a comedy in one act by John Maddison Morton (1811-1891)[1].
First performed at he Royal Princess's Theatre on 28 June 1858,
1861: Performed in the Garrison Theatre, Grahamstown, as Dying for Love by the Officers of the Regiment (North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot) on 28 and 30 December. The cast consisted of W. Malcom Esq. (Duc D'Anjou, King of Spain), Captain G. E. Bulger (Baron de Ville Blanche, a courtier), S. F. Poole Esq (Chevalier de Castagnac, a poet), W. J. B. Martin Esq. (Raoul de Givery, an Officer of the Guard), R. Annesley Esq. (Captain Gascon La Tour, a disbanded officer), J. S. Brougham Esq. (1st Gentleman of the Court), J. C. Little Esq. (2nd Gentleman of the Court), Corporal J. Davies (Baroness de Ville Blanche). Also performed on the evening were The Lucky Hit (Stirling) and An Eton Boy (). (For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)
