The Cousins
The Cousins is a play in five acts by James Sheridan Knowles (1784-1862)[1]
Contents
The original text
The Cousins, or Love and Fear a comic opera in two acts (18th century) by anonymous author (MS in the British Librtary) The Cousins, Or, A Woman's Promise and a Lover's Vow: A Novel, Volumes 1-3 By Mrs. Ross
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1871: Performed (according to Bosman, 1980, as "reminiscences of" Sheridan Knowles's The Cousins four times by the D'Arcy Read Company in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town (on 9, 11, 16 and 23 October), with The Ring and the Keeper (Wooler) and Belgravia, or Servantgolism ()
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.250-251
Order of the Trustees. 1877. Catalogue of additions to the manuscripts in the British Museum in the year mdcccliv-mdccclxxv (1861-1875), Oxford University[2]
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