Human Nature

Human Nature is a drama by H. Pettitt (1848-1893)[1] and Augustus Harris (1852-1896)[2].

The original text

First performed at

the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1885

Performance history in South Africa

1904: Performed as Human Nature by Leonard Rayne and his company in the Opera House , Cape Town in the first half of the year.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Harris

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)

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 1932. (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.420

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