Love, Law and Physic

A Farce, in Two Acts by James Kenney. First produced 1812. Published: J. Cumberland, 1821

Performance history in South Africa

1824: Performed in Cape Town on 7 July by the Amateur Company with Five Miles Off, or The Finger Post (Dibdin).

1824: A second performance was planned for 30 November, to be performed in Cape Town by the English Theatricals company (former Garrison Players) in the African Theatre as a benefit performance for Mr J. Corbishley, (with A Cure for the Heartache by Morton). However it was "unavoidably postponed" and according to Bosman (1928, p 187) no records appear to show whether it did actually occur or not.

16 August, 1826: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Amateur Company, as an afterpiece to The Heir at Law. The performers were: Sgt Corbishley, Mr le Seur, Mr Sandford, Mr Hanson, Mr Goodwin, Mr Walker, Mrs Johnson and Mrs Black.

9 June, and repeated 15 June, 1842: Performed in Cape Town in the Garrison Theatre by the Garrison Players alongside Love in humble life (Payne) and Make Your Wills! (Mayhew and Smith). Performers included D. M'Donald, Mr Wellesley and Mr Priestly.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kenney_(dramatist)

Bosman, 1928: pp 187, 189, .

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