The Midnight Hour

An English translation of the French comedy Guerre Ouverte; or, Ruse contre Ruse, by Mr Dumaniant (Antoine-Jean Bourlin). First performed in Paris, at the Theatre du Palais Royal, 4 October, 1786. Published 1786 in Paris by Cailleau.

It was translated and adapted by Mrs Elizabeth Inchbald in 1787 and first produced at the Theatre Royal in England that year.

South African productions

1823: Inchibald's version was first produced in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the English Theatricals on 14 June 1823, as a benefit performance for a widow with 5 children, alongside The Wedding Day ().

1823: This production was repeated on 21 June, 1823 with the addition of The King and the Miller of Mansfield (Dodsley)

1825: Produced in Cape Town on 8 October 1825, this time by the Garrison Players, (as companion piece to Exchange no Robbery). The players included Mr H. Hanson, Mr Troward, Sgt Corbishley. Mr Rundle, Howell, Mrs Black, Mrs Gouland, Mr Mills, Mrs O'Brien

1834: Performed in the Garrison Theatre by the Garrison Amateurs on Wednesday 19 November, 1834, with as afterpiece The Illustrious Stranger, or Married and Buried (Kenney and Millingen). The production was a benefit for Mrs Black.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Inchbald

Bosman, 1928: pp. 188, 194

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