Honesty is the Best Policy
See Honesty the Best Policy, a drama in two acts by Mark Lemon[1] (1809-1870).
The original text
Described as "adapted to the English stage", ity was published in 1800 by Davidson in London.
Performance history in South Africa
1854: Originally scheduled for production on 5 June 1854, and finally performed in Cape Town's Garrison Theatre by the Garrison Players on 18 September 1854 as part of a benefit performance for the comedian Mr Kirton, along with The Spitalfields Weaver (Bayly) and Middle Temple (Peake).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lemon
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: pp 407-9,
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