Borough Politics
Borough Politics a comedy in prose by John Westland Marston ()[]
Contents
The original text
A sketch of love crossed by family pretensions, it was first performed and published in 1846.
Translations and adaptations
South African productions
1846: Performed as part of the final production in the Victoria Theatre in Pietermaritzburg, on 1 April 1850, along with The Child of Nature (De Genlis/Inchbald).
Sources
Ashley H. Thorndike. 1932. English Comedy Rowman & Littlefield: p.537[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 217-8.
Schauffer, Dennis 1978. The Establishment of a Theatrical Tradition in Pietermaritzburg, Prior to the Opening of the First Civilian Playhouse. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal.
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