A Cup of Tea
A Cup of Tea is a comedietta in one act by
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The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated from the French by Charles Nuitter and J. Derley as A Cup of Tea, a commedietta in one act.
First performed at Royal Princess's Theatre, London, on February the 11th, 1869, and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in the same year.
Performance history in South Africa
1877: Performed as part of a "Grand Military Night" in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck and his company on 3 October, along with Our Wife, or The Rose of Amiens (Morton). The band of the Connaught Rangers also participated.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1869 Lacy text, 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: p. 361
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