A Kiss in the Dark
A Kiss in the Dark a farce in one act by J.B. Buckstone (John Baldwin Buckstone, 1802-1879)[] and John Moore (1814-1893).
Contents
The original text
Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy 1852
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Often played in South Africa.
1857: Performed as the opening production in Sefton Parry's first wooden theatre in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 14 September (along with Why don't she Marry? and A Thumping Legacy)
1857: Performed on 24 December by the Sefton Parry company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town theatre on 24 December, as afterpiece to Beauty and the Beast (Planché)
1861: Performed on 3 August in the Garrison Theatre by the Garrison Players ("the non-commissioned officers and men of the 11th Regiment") in aid of the "Distressed Lancashire Operatives" , as afterpiece to The Miller and his Men, with a group of eight African Minstrels performing as an interlude. The person in charge of arrangements is "Colour Sergeant" Heaven Sergeant Heaven.
Sources
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100406655
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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