Two Loves and a Life

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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.

Translations and adaptations

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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