Don't Judge by Appearances
is a play by Joseph S. Coyne (1803-1868)[1].
Also known as Urgent Private Affairs, or The Loyal Volunteers
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London, 7 January 1856. Published as Volume 24 van Lacy's acting edition by T.H. Lacy, London, in 1856.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1858: Performed at the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club as Urgent Private Affairs, or The Loyal Volunteers on 2 July, with Plot and Passion, or The Female Gambler (Taylor and Lang).
1861: Performed by the Officers of the Regiment (North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot) as Don't Urgent Private Affairs in the Garrison Theatre, Grahamstown on 5, 11 and 19 April, with Urgent Private Affairs (Coyne) and A Night at Notting Hill (Yates and Harrington). Regarding the plays, the North Lincoln Sphinx reports that: "In the bills, some of the performers appeared under fictitious names, which are alluded to by our correspondent in his letter. So, for the enlightenment of our readers, we give the assumed as well as the real name in our copy of the cast of characters." (In curly brackets). The cast of the Morton play consisted of: Captain G.E. Bulger (Major Pepper), A. Fraser Esq. (Frank Topham), Captain G. C. Bartholomew (John Plump, servant to Major Pepper), W.M. (illegible) Esq. {Miss Marian ? (illegible, possibly Rafferty)} (Miss Diana Pepper, Major Pepper's niece), G. H. W. Tremeuheere (? illegible) Esq. (Miss Angelina Pepper, Major Pepper's niece).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne
Facsimile version of the Lacy edition of 1856, The Internet Archive[2]
The Adephi Theatre Project, 1856[3]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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