Honesty the Best Policy
There have been a number of plays by this name over the years.
Those performed in South Africa are:
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Honesty the Best Policy by Mark Lemon (1800)
This is a drama in two acts by Mark Lemon (1809-1870)[1].
The original text
Described as "adapted to the English stage", from a French text (possibly L'Honnête Homme, ou Le Rival Généreux, a 1789 three act comedy by Dumaniant), it was first performed in and 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 (as Honesty is the Best Policy) 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
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Honesty_the_Best_Policy.html?id=eFE5QAAACAAJ&hl=en
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 407-9,
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