The Lady and the Devil

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The Lady and the Devil is a play by William Dimond

A play about a young widow living in Palermo who falls for a English officer living in an adjoining property. She introduces herself to him in two forms, the first as a veiled mistress and the second as a hidden mistress, entering his accommodation through a hidden door. First performed 3 May 1820 First published Printed 1820.

1868: Performed in the old Oddfellows Hall Cape Town by the Le Roy and Duret Company on 14 May along with Act 3 of The Octoroon (Boucicault) and A Comical Countess (Brough)

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 233, 251

http://www.eighteenthcenturydrama.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/HL_LA_mssLA2145

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