A Peculiar Position

The English translation of La Frontière de Savoie, a farce in one act by Eugène Scribe ( 1791 –1861) and J.F.A (Jean-François Alfred) Bayard (1796-1853). First performed in Paris at the Théatre du Gymnase Dramatique on 20 August 1834. (Often only attributed to Scribe alone)

Translated under this title by James Robinson Planché, first performed in London at the Olympic Theatre on 3 May 1837.

Performance history in South Africa

1854: Was apparently to have been performed on 11 July 1854 by Garrison Players , as after piece to Charles the Twelfth (Planché). It seems this did not take place due to the illness of the stage manager, but was probably done some time later in July, with the addition of The Two Bonnycastles (J.M. Morton). The performances were repeated on Friday, 18 August, now with another addition, that of The Honeymoon (Tobin).