Two Galley Slaves

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A Melo-drama, in Two Acts by John Howard Payne. An English translation of Alexandre Duval's La Jeunesse de Henri V, itself taken from earlier works.

Performed at the Theatre Royla, Covent Garden

Published by T.H. Lacy, 18 **/John Cumberland, 18**

Performance history in South Africa

This play was apparently very popular in Cape Town during the mid-19th century.

Produced in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 27 August, 1825, with as afterpiece the farce X.Y.Z. (Colman the Younger).

Performed in Cape Town by the Cape Town Amateur Company on 20 June 1829, with The Liar (Foote) as afterpiece.

Performed in Cape Town by All the World's a Stage on 19 June, 1830, as afterpiece to The Gambler's Fate, or A Lapse of Twenty Years (Thompson). Billed as a "Petite Comedy" on this occasion.

Performed once more ("by special request") in Cape Town by All the World's a Stage on 11 June, 1831, as afterpiece to The School of Reform, or How to Rule a Husband (Th. Morton).

Translations and adaptations

Sources

Google Books[1]

Bosman, 1928: p 187,

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