Living Too Fast, or A Twelvemonth's Honeymoon
Living Too Fast, or A Twelve Month's Honeymoon is a comedietta in one act by Adolphus C. Troughton
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The original text
First performed at the Princess’ Theatre, London, 9 October 1854 and the text published in Lacy's, vol. 16, no. 234.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed as Living Too Fast, or A Twelvemonth's Honeymoon by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 11 December, with The Iron Chest (Colman). The evening a benefit for Thomas Brazier, under the patronage of the Luitenant-Governor of the Cape.
Sources
Lord Chamberlains's Plays, 1852 - 1866 (section: June - August 1854)[1]
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: pp.132, 339, 350
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