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Revision as of 05:32, 19 December 2019
A Hopeless Passion is a petite comedy in one act by John Maddison Morton (1811-1891)[]
Contents
The original text
First performed on 15 September, 1851, at Punch's Playhouse, the Strand Theatre, London, and published by Samuel French probably in 1873.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1860: Performed by Charles Fraser in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, on 17 January, along with £5 Reward (Oxenford).
Sources
Facsimile version of the Samuel French edition, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]
Online Books by John Maddison Morton, The Online Books Page[2]
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p.495[3]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.126
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