Paul Pry

There are two plays by this name, the one written by John Poole in 1825, and another by Douglas William Jerrold in 1888.

Paul Pry by John Poole

A farce in three acts.

The original play

This is the best known play by John Poole. It premiered in London on 13 September 1825 at the Haymarket Theatre and ran 114 performances. The play maintained its popularity till the 1870s.

Performances in South Africa

According to an undated handbill, it was most likely this text that was produced (under the title Paul Pry!!!) in the Cape Town barracks, along with Morton's A Roland for an Oliver some time in the late 1820s by a group of 72 Highlanders calling themselves The Highland Amateur Party. The cast included S. Stewart, W. Williamson, A. Schofield, J.Foster, W. Cameron, T. Caldwell, G. Milne, T. Norrie, A. Ramsay.

Sources

Bosman, 1928: pp.229

David Vincent, 2015. 'I Hope I Don't Intrude': Privacy and Its Dilemmas in Nineteenth-Century Britain:pp.3-15[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pry_(play)

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