Love and the Hyphen
Love and the Hyphen is a play by Stephen Black. It is a farce about a number of social climbing Capetonians, from all walks of life.
Contents
The original text
Published in a collection of Black’s plays edited by Stephen Gray, also containing Helena's Hope, Ltd and Van Kalabas does his bit (Ad Donker 1984).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
First performed 1902, reworked 1910 and often repeated till the 1930s.
a photocopy of caricatures of the cast of Stephen Black's play Love and the hyphen while it was being performed at the Tivoli Theatre by D.C. Boonzaier, from The Cape of 20.11.1908.
Sources
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