Domestic Economy

Domestic Economy is a farce by Mark Lemon (1809-1870)[1].

The original text

First performed at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, London in 1849. Originally published by Abel Heywood & Son Ltd., Manchester. Also published by John Dicks, with Good for Nothing (Buckstone) in 1897(?).

Performance history in South Africa

1855: Performed on Monday 2 July in the Drawing Room Theatre in Cape Town by Sefton Parry, along with Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793 (Dance) and Monsieur Jacques (Barnett)

Sources

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lemon,_Mark_(DNB00)

Facsimile version of the John Dicks edition, 1897. The Internet Archive Digital Collection[2]

J. P. Wearing. 2014. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (Second edition). p.1[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: p.430

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