A Hopeless Passion
A Hopeless Passion is a light comedy by John Maddison Morton ()[]
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The original text
First performed on 15 September, 1851, at the Royal Strand Theatre, London, and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy (Lacy's Acting edition, vol. 24, no. 358) probably in the same year.
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
Online Books by John Maddison Morton, The Online Books Page[1]
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p.495[2]
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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