Lady Clancarty, or Wedded and Wooed

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Lady Clancarty, or Wedded and Wooed is a comedy in four acts by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[].

Wrongly listed in the index to F.C.L. Bosman, 1980, as "Lady Clantary, or Wedded and Wooed", though named correctly in the text (p.368).

The original text

, described as "a tale of the assassination plot, 1696",


Published by Samuel French, London,

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1878: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 8 May, with scenes from Robinson Crusoe (Byron). The evening a benefit for Sutton Vane.

1878: Repeated by Captain Disney Roebuck's company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 10 and 11 May, again with scenes from Robinson Crusoe (Byron).

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 368.


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