The Goose with the Golden Eggs
The Goose with the Golden Eggs is a farce in one act by Augustus Mayhew (1826-1875) and Henry Sutherland Edwards (1828-1906).
Contents
The original text
First performed at The Strand Theatre, London, on 1 September, 1859.
Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy as Lacy's acting edition no 654 and by Samuel French in 1859 and in Chicago by the Dramatic Publishing Company
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: According to Bosman, 1980, it was probably the play performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as The Goose that laid the Golden Eggs by Sefton Parry company on 2 April, as part of a benefit for Samuel Wolfe. It accompanied a play listed as
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1859 edition by Samuel French, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 111,
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