Husbands Beware

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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 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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