Grace Huntley, or The Follies of Youth
A domestic drama in three acts by Henry Holl (1811-1884).
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The original text
Apparently based on a story called The Trials of Grace Huntley by Mrs C.S. Hall in The Amulet: A Christian and Literary Remembrancer. (1833: pp. 79-80. Reprint. London: Forgotten Books, 2013.)[1].
First performed as a "domestic burletta in three acts" at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 14 October, 1833. Published by G.H. Davidson, London 1833(?)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1855: Performed in Cape Town's Garrison Theatre by the Garrison Players (officers of the 73rd Regiment) on 28 September 1855 as part of a presentation "for the Patriotic Fund" , under the title Grace Huntley, or The Follies of Youth with the farce Comfortable Lodgings, or Paris in 1750]] (Peake).
Sources
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2212268 http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers?date=1833-12-01&date_offsetdate=1833-12-31&lastname=bennett&page=6
http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/19th-october-1833/14/the-theatres 14 Oct 1833 playbill, British Library in The Adelphi Theatre Calendar for 1833-1834[2]
Bosman, 1928: pp. 412.
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