Weak Woman
Weak Woman is a romantic comedy in three acts by H.J. Byron (1835–1884)[1].
First performed at the Strand theatre, London, in 1875, starring Marion Terry, Ada Swanborough, and others, and published by Samuel French in the same year.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 3 July, with a ballad by Miss Wynne and a performance of Poppleton's Predicament (Rae). (The author of Poppleton's Predicaments twice given wrongly as "C.M. Roe" and "C.M. Poe" respectively by Bosman, 1980, pp. 370 and 525).
Sources
The Illustrated London News, Volume 66: 15 May, 1875: p.474[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron
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.370
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
