Five Pounds Reward
Five Pounds Reward is a farce in one act by John Oxenford (1812–1877)[1]
Also found as £5 Reward
Contents
The original text
First performed on 3 December, 1855, at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy (Lacy's Acting edition), probably in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1860: Performed as £5 Reward by Charles Fraser in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, on 17 January, along with A Hopeless Passion (Morton).
Sources
The Victorian Plays Project, Electronic Catalogue - Volume 24[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.126
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