Turned Up
Turned Up is a play by Mark Melford (1850?-1914)[1]
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In 1886, Melford sold the rights to Turned Up to Willie Edouin for 25 pounds and a royalty of one pound per performance.The play was then performed as far afield as Cape Town and Perth in Western Australia.
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Performance history in South Africa
1886: Performed by Madame Pearmain and her company as part of a short season of eleven plays put in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, from 22 November onwards.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Melford
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.383
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