Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring
is a three-act comedy by Theodore Edward Hook (1788-1841).
Also referred to simply as Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring as Exchange No Robbery.
The original text
The play's central incident is based on an earlier work called He Would be a Soldier by Frederick Pilon.
Performed for the first time on August 12, 1820, at The Theatre Royal, Haymarket and published by Wright in 1820. Later also performed at the Theatres Royal at Covent Garden and at Drury Lane, and published with explanatory notes by John Cumberland in 1825.
Performances in South Africa
1825: Produced in Cape Town as Exchange No Robbery, or The Diamond Ring by the Garrison Players on 8 October, 1825, (along with The Midnight Hour (Dumaniant/Inchbald). The players included Mr Hanson, Mr Troward, Mr Watt, Sgt Corbishley. Mr Rundle, Mr St John, Howell, Master Canterbury, Mrs Black, Mrs Gouland, Mr Mills, Mrs O'Brien.
Sources
Entry on Exchange no Robbery or The Diamond Ring in Google Books[1]
Facsimile version of the 1825 London edition of the text by John Cumberland, Google E-book[2]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp.188
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