The Mother-in-Law

The Mother-in-Law is the title given by D.C. Boonzaier (1923) for an anonymous play performed in Cape Town in 1894.

The original text

Though Bosman (1980:p. 398, footnote 136) suggests this may be (a dramatised version of) a satirical work by George R. Sims (1847-1922)[1], called Memoirs of a Mother-in-Law (London, George Newnes, 1892), it may also be a reference to How to Tame Your Mother-in-Law, a one-act farce Henry James Byron (1835-1884)[] (originally produced at the Strand Theatre, London, May 30th, 1864).

Performance history in South Africa

1894: The Mother-in-Law performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of their second season.

Sources

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Sims%2C%20George%20R%2E%2C%201847%2D1922

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.394-5

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