A Bold Stroke for a Wife

A satirical English play by (Mrs) Susanna Centlivre

First developed in 1717, in support of the British Whig Party, first performed at Lincoln's Inn Fields theatre, on 3 February 1718.

Performance history in South Africa

Performed in the Cape Town Theatre, Cape Town by the English Theatricals on 16 October 1824, with The Poor Soldier (O'Keeffe).

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bold_Stroke_for_a_Wife

Bosman, 1928: pp. 199,

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