Love in humble life
A drama in one act by John Howard Payne. (In a later edition of 1840, termed "a petite comedy, in one act") Adapted from Eugène Scribe and Henri Dupin's French play Michael et Christine.
First performed in the Theatres Royal, London.
Printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical, by G.H. Davidson (London) in 1830.
Performance history in South Africa
Performed in Cape Town on 9 April 1838 by the Private Amateur Party alongside The Vampire (Planché) and Amateurs and Actors (Peake).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009751190
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Payne
Bosman, 1928: pp 207,
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