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Revision as of 05:47, 25 April 2019
A Conjugal Lesson is a farce in one act by Henry Danvers, First Earl of Danby, ()[]
Also known as The Conjugal Lesson
Contents
The original text
First performed on July 3, 1856, at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London and published as A comic scene inculcating and entitled A conjugal lesson, in one act, in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy, [1856?] The author given as H. Danvers.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1858: Performed as A Conjugal Lesson by J.E.H. English and his company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 21 September, with The Corsican Brothers (Grangé and De Montépin/ Boucicault).
1862: Performed as an interlude entitled The Conjugal Lesson by the Amateurs of the Band (North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot) on 8 October, in the Garrison Theatre, Keiskama Hoek, with a cast consisting of F. Girton (Mr Simon Lullaby), J. Davies (Mrs Letitia Lullaby). The evening also included the plays The Eddystone Elf (Pitt) and Slasher and Crasher (Morton).
Sources
Advert for A Comic Scene Inculcating and Entitled a Conjugal Lesson: In One Act, a text published by Lacy in Nineteenth century English drama[1]
North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 14. December 10th 1862.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.121 Go to ESAT Bibliography
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