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''[[Husbands Beware]]'' is a one-act play by an unknown author.
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''[[Husbands Beware]]'' is a 19th century one-act play by an unknown author.
  
''Not to be confused with '''''Husbands Beware!'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husbands_Beware], the 1956 short film directed by Jules White, featuring The Three Stooges''.  
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''Not to be confused with ''[[Husbands Beware]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husbands_Beware], a 1956 short film directed by Jules White, featuring The Three Stooges''.  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Except for the performance in Cape Town listed below, no other mention of, or information about, a stage play by this title  has been found to date.  
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Except for the 1857 performance in Cape Town listed below, no other mention of, or information about, a stage play by this title  has been found to date.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1857: Billed as a "Domestic Scene One Act", ''[[Husbands Beware]]'' was performed as an afterpiece to ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton) by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 22 October.
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1857: Billed as a "Domestic Scene One Act", ''[[Husbands Beware]]'' was performed as an afterpiece to ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton) by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 22 October.
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Latest revision as of 07:01, 14 April 2020

Husbands Beware is a 19th century one-act play by an unknown author.

Not to be confused with Husbands Beware[1], a 1956 short film directed by Jules White, featuring The Three Stooges.

The original text

Except for the 1857 performance in Cape Town listed below, no other mention of, or information about, a stage play by this title has been found to date.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1857: Billed as a "Domestic Scene One Act", Husbands Beware was performed as an afterpiece to The Lady of Lyons (Bulwer-Lytton) by Sefton Parry and his company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 22 October.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.59

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