Two Loves and a Life

Two Loves and a Life is a drama in four acts by Tom Taylor ( 1817–1880)[1] and Charles Reade (1814-1884)[2].

The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal Adelphi, London, in April, 1854

Published by Richard Bentley, 1854 and Samuel French, 1856.

Performance history in South Africa

1867: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1854 edition by Bentley, Google E-book[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Taylor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Reade

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

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