Confusion
Confusion is a dramatic sketch by Francis W. Moore.
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The original text
Described by D.C. Boonzaier (1923) as a "perfectly constructed and intensely amusing farcical comedy",
Little information is available about both the author and the play. The only recorded American performance found was in 1904 in the Lakewood Theater, Lakewood, Maine.[1]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1887 Part of the repertoire of the Wheeler Theatre Company when they performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town during April and May. Generally well received, it featured the actor E.A. Elton in one of the leads.
Sources
https://www.lakewoodtheater.org/past-productions
D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.384.
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