Take Care of Dowb
Take Care of Dowb is a farce in one act by J.M. Morton (1811–1891) [1].
Performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket 23 November 1857 and published in Lacy’s, vol. 34. and later Samuel French (Series:Lacy's Acting Edition, 498).
Contents
The original text
Listed under Stocqueler's minor plays in the Wikipedia entry on him[2], An Object of Interest is dated 1845
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed as An Object of Interest by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 18 August, with a performance of the song "The Carpenter" by "an amateur" and The Youthful Queen, or Christine of Sweden (Shannon).
Sources
"Lord Chamberlains's Plays, 1852 - 1866. January - March 1857": p. 24, Royal Holloway[3]
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv656279
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.132
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