The Iron Chest

The Iron Chest is a play in three acts by George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836)

The original text

First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, on Saturday, 12th March, 1796. Published in 1796 by P. Wogan, J. Rice, and G. Folingsby and printed by Thomas Burnside, Dublin.

Performance history in South Africa

1833: Performed as The Actress Of All Work (author not mentioned ) by the All the World's a Stage on 21 September, with The Day After the Wedding, or A Wife’s First Lesson, the interlude A Race for Dinner (Rodwell), and the farce Rival Valets (Ebsworth).

1833: Performed, now as The Actress Of All Work, or Six in One (author not mentioned ), by the All the World's a Stage on 11 November, with The Iron Chest (Colman), and St Patrick’s Day (Sheridan).

Sources

Colman, George, the Younger. The Iron Chest. Dublin 1796. Early English Books Online: Text Creation Partnership. U of Michigan Library. Web. accessed:27 January, 2016[1]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 185, 227

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