Turned Up

Turned Up is a farcical comedy in three acts by Mark Melford (1850?-1914)[1]

The original text

Originally called Too Much Married, the play was first performed in 1886, when Melford sold the rights to the play to Willie Edouin for 25 pounds and a royalty of one pound per performance. The play was ultimately performed as far afield as Cape Town and Perth in Western Australia.

Translations and adaptations

The play was adapted and filmed as Who's Your Father in 1935, directed by and starring Lupino Lane ()[].

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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