Nemesis, or Not Wisely but Too Well

Nemesis, or Not Wisely but Too Well is a "Musical Extravaganza in Five Tableaux" by H.B. (Henry Brougham) Farnie (1836-1889)[1]

Farnie's piece of musical froth was possibly inspired by or written in response to the popular sensation novel Not Wisely, but Too Well by Rhoda Broughton (1840-1920)[] (published in Leipzig by B. Tauchnitz in 1867) , which had apparently originally been dramatized by W. Frith as Not Wisely but Too Well circa 1868, but was never performed.

Farnie's two act piece of musical froth was first produced (as Nemesis! Or Not Wisely but Too Well) in the Royal Strand Theatre, London, on 17 April, 1873.

Facsimile version of the opening night programme, 17 April, 1873, The Internet Archive[2]

H. Philip Bolton. 2000. Women Writers Dramatized: A Calendar of Performances from Narrative Works Published in English to 1900, A&C Black: p. 98[]