Yeoman's Service
Yeoman's Service is described as "a novelty" in one act by T. Edgar Pemberton (Thomas Edgar Pemberton, 1849-1905)[1]
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1889: Performed by the Luscombe Searelle company in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town, as part of a season of plays with which the company toured the country. A star member of the company was the London comedian, Lionel Brough.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edgar_Pemberton
Online Books by T. Edgar Pemberton, The Online Books Page[2]
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.388
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