Young England
There appear to be two plays by this name:
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Young England a play by "Morton" (1860s)
A play by this name, and ascribed to an unspecified "Morton", is mentioned by F.C.L. Bosman (1980,p. 230), as being performed in the Cape Town in 1867.
No reference to a play of this name by any of the three Morton playwrights: Thomas Morton,
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Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Young England a melodrama by Walter Reynolds (1934)
The original text
Young England was a patriotic melodrama written by Walter Reynolds ()[], that ran in London for 278 performances at the Victoria Palace Theatre, then the Kingsway Theatre and finally playing at Daly's Theatre.
Both the Wikipedia entry[1] on the play and the jot "Young England – the worst play ever?" in the fascinating website jot101[2], this play is often cited as the worst play ever, even though it became a great success and some people saw it 20 times.
The text was published by Gollancz, London, in 1935.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
"Young England – the worst play ever?", The jot101website[3]
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