A Conjugal Lesson

A Conjugal Lesson is a farce in one act by Henry Danvers, First Earl of Danby, ()[]

The original text

First performed on July 3, 1856, at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London and published as A comic scene inculcating and entitled A conjugal lesson, in one act, in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy, [1856?] The author given as H. Danvers.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1858: Performed as A Conjugal Lesson by J.E.H. English and his company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 21 September, with The Corsican Brothers (Grangé and De Montépin/ Boucicault).

1862: Performed as an interlude entitled The Conjugal Lesson by the Amateurs of the Band (North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot) on 8 October, in the Garrison Theatre, Keiskama Hoek, with a cast consisting of F. Girton (Mr Simon Lullaby), J. Davies (Mrs Letitia Lullaby). The evening also included the plays The Eddystone Elf (Pitt) and Slasher and Crasher (Morton).

Sources

A Comic Scene Inculcating and Entitled a Conjugal Lesson: In One Act Nineteenth century English drama Author H. Danvers Contributor Olympic Theatre (London, England) Publisher Thomas Hailes Lacy

North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 14. December 10th 1862.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.121 Go to ESAT Bibliography