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| − | + | Licenced as ''[[Living Too Fast, or A Twelvemonth's Honeymoon]]''on 31 July, 1854 for performance and first performed in Princess's Theatre, London on 9 October, 1854 (as ''[[Living Too Fast, or A Twelve Month's Honeymoon]]''). The text published in London under this title by T.H. Lacy ( vol. 16, no. 234) | |
| − | Performed in the Criterion Theatre, London, as ''[[Living Too Fast]]'' from 10 May, 1890. | + | Performed in the Criterion Theatre, London, as ''[[Living Too Fast]]'' from 10 May, 1890. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 06:28, 4 May 2020
Living Too Fast, or A Twelve Month's Honeymoon is a comedy in one act by A.C. (Adolphus Charles) Troughton (1814-1900).
Also found as Living Too Fast, or A Twelvemonth's Honeymoon or simply Living Too Fast.
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The original text
Licenced as Living Too Fast, or A Twelvemonth's Honeymoonon 31 July, 1854 for performance and first performed in Princess's Theatre, London on 9 October, 1854 (as Living Too Fast, or A Twelve Month's Honeymoon). The text published in London under this title by T.H. Lacy ( vol. 16, no. 234)
Performed in the Criterion Theatre, London, as Living Too Fast from 10 May, 1890.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed as Living Too Fast, or A Twelvemonth's Honeymoon by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 11 December, with The Iron Chest (Colman). The evening a benefit for Brazier, under the patronage of the Luitenant-Governor of the Cape.
1870: Performed as Living Too Fast in the Institute Assembly Hall, Cape Town, by The Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company on 24 May, with The Silent System (Williams).
Sources
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27214/page/4673/data.pdf
Lord Chamberlains's Plays, 1852 - 1866 (section: June - August 1854)[1]
https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/adolphous-charles-troughton_20364068
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
J. P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. London: Scarecrow Press, p. 18[2]
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