Woodcock's Little Game

Woodcock's Little Game is a comedy-farce in two acts John Maddison Morton (1811–1891) [1].

The original text

First performed in London at the Royal St. James Theatre, under the management of Benjamin Webster, on Thursday, 6th October, 1864.

Performance history in South Africa

1875: Performed as Woodcock's Little Game in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck and company on 11 March, with The Pilgrim of Love (Byron).

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton

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: pp. 322,

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