Married Life

Married Life is a comedy in three acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1].

The original text

First performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on 20 August, 1834.

Published by William Strange, London, in 1834.

1858: Performed in Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town by J.E.H. English and his company on 9 September, with Out on the Sly, or A Day at Rosherville (Selby).

1858: Performed in Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town by J.E.H. English and his company on 9 September, with Did You Ever Send Your Wife to Camberwell? (Coyne). This evening done as a Benefit Performance for the victims of the shipwreck of the "Eastern City".

1876: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 19 April, with Black Ey'd Susan (Burnand's burlesque version).

1877: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 9 November, with an unnamed farce.

1891-2: Performed by the Geneviève Ward Company during a nine months' tour of South Africa, under the auspices of Luscombe Searelle, featuring Geneviève Ward and W.H. Vernon in the leading roles.