Lady Audley's Secret

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Lady Audley's Secret is a a play in two acts by C.H. Hazlewood (1823-18750[].

Also found as Lady Audley's Secret!.

The original text

Based on Elizabeth Braddon's (1835-1915)[1] popular novel, which was first published by 1862 (William Tinsley) in 1862, has been dramatised and filmed several times.

Possibly the first adaptation for the stage was done by Hazlewood shortly after and first performed by Framton and Fenton in the Victoria Theatre, London, on 25 May 1863. The text was published as acting edition no 412 in French's Standard Drama by Samuel French in 186*.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1877: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 29 November, with Aunt Charlotte's Maid (Morton).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Braddon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Audley%27s_Secret

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 323, 340, 363-4.


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