The Rights and Wrongs of Women
The Rights and Wrongs of Women is a farce in one act by John Maddison Morton (1811–1891)[1]
Contents
The original text
First performed in London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 25 May 1856, and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
Facsimile version of the published text of 1859, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
"Online Books by John Maddison Morton", The Online Books Page[3]
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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