Married Life
Married Life is a comedy in three acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on 20 August, 1834.
Published by William Strange, London, in 1834.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1858: Performed in Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town by J.E.H. English and his company on 9 September, with Out on the Sly, or A Day at Rosherville (Selby).
1858: Performed in Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town by J.E.H. English and his company on 9 September, with Did You Ever Send Your Wife to Camberwell? (Coyne). This evening done as a Benefit Performance for the victims of the shipwreck of the "Eastern City".
1891-2: Performed by the Geneviève Ward Company during a nine months' tour of South Africa, under the auspices of Luscombe Searelle, featuring Geneviève Ward and W.H. Vernon in the leading roles.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1834 published text, Project Gutenberg[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.121, 392-3
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