Three Weeks after Marriage
A comedy, in two acts by Arthur Murphy (1727-1805) First performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden in 1764.
Performance history in South Africa
Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 10 May, 1802, with The Devil to Pay (Coffey) as afterpiece.
Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 6 September, 1802, with Poor Soldier (O'Keeffe).
Performed in the Cape Town Theatre by the English Theatricals as afterpiece to The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret 6 December 1823 as a benefit performance for Mrs Black, who played "Donna Violante" in The Wonder and "Lady Racket" in Murphy's piece. Both plays repeated 28 January December 1824.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/three-weeks-after-marriage/id483585938?mt=11
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Murphy_(writer)
Bosman, 1928: pp. 62, 63, 69,109,
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