Who's Your Friend? or The Queensberry Fête
Who's Your Friend? or The Queensberry Fête is a comic drama in two acts by James Robinson Planché (1796-1880)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 1843, and published by Webster & Company in 1843. Also found as Issue 882 of Dicks' standard plays and later published by Samuel French.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed as Who's Your Friend?, or The Queensbury Fête by Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as a farewell benefit for Mrs Parry, with Christmas Boxes (Mayhew and Edwards) and circus acts by members of Franklin's Circus.
Sources
The Sporting Review, edited by 'Craven' (John William Carleton). July 1843: p.291[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.112
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