The Fashionable Lover

The Fashionable Lover is a comedy by Richard Cumberland (1732 – 1811)[1].

The original text

A sentimental comedy about the adventures of a young ward fleeing the attentions of a villainous lord, it was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in January 1772, and published by W.Griffin in the same year.

Performance history in South Africa

1827: Performed in English by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense on 12 June, with Botheration, or A Ten Years' Blunder n(Walley, Chamberlain and Oulton).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fashionable_Lover

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

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 298

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