An Object of Interest
An Object of Interest is a farce by J.H. Stocqueler (1801-1886)[1]
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The original text
Listed under Stocqueler's minor plays in the Wikipedia entry on him[2], An Object of Interest is dated 1845
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed as An Object of Interest by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 18 August, with a performance of the song "The Carpenter" by "an amateur" and The Youthful Queen, or Christine of Sweden (Shannon).
1868: Performed by Le Roy and Duret in the Commerical Exchange, Cape Town, on 28 February with Somebody Else (Planché) and a "Musical Melange", as a "Grand Treat of Country Visitors to Agricultural Show".
1868: The plays possibly repeated by Le Roy and Duret in the Commerical Exchange, Cape Town, on 2 March, as a part of a range of attractions on offer for the "Agricultural Show".
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Hayward_Stocqueler
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Stocqueler,_Joachim_Hayward_(DNB00
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.132
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