Living Too Fast, or A Twelve Month's Honeymoon
Living Too Fast, or A Twelve Month's Honeymoon is a comedy in one act by A.C. (Adolphus Charles) Troughton (1814-1900).
Also found as Living Too Fast, or A Twelvemonth's Honeymoon or simply Living Too Fast.
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The original text
According to Royal Holloway University's catalogue of The Lord Chamberlain’s Plays 1852-1863 and The Victorian Plays Project it was licenced for performance by the Lord Chamberlain's office as Living Too Fast, or A Twelvemonth's Honeymoon on 31 July, 1854, first performed in Princess's Theatre, London on 9 October, 1854 under that title. However other records show that it was performed as Living Too Fast, or A Twelve Month's Honeymoon, and also published in London under this title by T.H. Lacy ( vol. 16, no. 234).
Performed in the Criterion Theatre, London, as Living Too Fast from 10 May, 1890.
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.
1870: Performed as Living Too Fast in the Institute Assembly Hall, Cape Town, by The Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company on 24 May, with The Silent System (Williams).
Sources
The Victorian Plays Project, Electronic Catalogue - Volume 16[1]
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27214/page/4673/data.pdf
Lord Chamberlains's Plays, 1852 - 1866 (section: June - August 1854)[2]
https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/adolphous-charles-troughton_20364068
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
J. P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. London: Scarecrow Press, p. 18[3]
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