Strathmore, or Love and Duty
Strathmore, or Love and Duty is a tragic play in four acts by John Westland Marston (1819-1890)[1]
Sometimes simply referred to as Strathmore or as Love and Duty - in the latter case it is not to be confused with the Afrikaans play Liefde en Plig ("Love and Duty") by Jan F.E. Celliers (1865-1940). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Westland_Marston
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The original text
First performed on 20 June, 1849, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Westland_Marston
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.168-9
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