A Match in the Dark

A Match in the Dark is a comedietta in one act by Charles Dance ()[].

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First performed at the Theatre Royal Olympic on February 21, 1833, and published in London by J. Miller, 1836

1866: Performed, and apparently billed as The Four Sisters, or Woman's Worth and Women's Wrongs, in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by the Le Roy-Duret Company on 22 March, with The Creole (Brooks). Madame Duret played the lead, using her outstanding skill for transformation to perform all four the sisters apparently.

1866: Performed as The Four Sisters in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by the Le Roy-Duret Company on 30 July, with The Roll of the Drum (Wilks).

1867: Performed as The Four Sisters in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by the Madame Duret and the Le Roy-Duret Company on 15 July, with A Match in the Dark (Dance) and Was I to Blame? (Rodwell).

1867: Performed as The Four Sisters in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by the Le Roy-Duret Company on 7 October, with Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare) and a "Fancy Dance" by Miss Clara.