Mr & Mrs Peter White
Mr & Mrs Peter White is a farce in one act by R. J. Raymond
It is also known as Mrs. White, Mr. Peter White or Mr. and Mrs. White
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The original text
First produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on 24 June, 1836, under title, Mrs. White and published as such by John Duncombe in 1837. According to the Theatrical Observer, June 27, 1836, this is simply the burletta, My Wife and My Child, produced under a new title.
First performed in Boston in 1837 and published by Turner and Fisher, Philadelphia, in 1844 and in New York by Samuel French, [1856?]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed as Mr. and Mrs. White in the Athenaeum Theatre, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 2 May ("last time"), as an afterpiece to Blow for Blow (Byron). (F.C.L. Bosman, 1980, says the author of the farce is "unknown".)
1877: Performed as Mr. and Mrs. White by the Disney Roebuck company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 25 July, with Dan'l Druce, Blacksmith (Gilbert).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1837 edition of Mrs. White by Duncombe, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]
Facsimile version of the 1844 edition of Mr. & Mrs. Peter White by Turner and Fisher, The Digital Archive[2]
Facsimile version of the 1856 edition of Mr. & Mrs. Peter White by Samuel French, Hathi Trust Digital Library[3]
Thomas A. Bogar. 2002. John E. Owens: Nineteenth Century American Actor and Manager. McFarland: p. 170[4]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.339
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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