Marriage at any Price

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Marriage at any Price is a farce in one act by J.P. Wooler (John Pratt Wooler, 1824-1868)[1]

The original text

Published as Issue 63 of De Witt's acting plays (1862) and as Volume 55 of Lacy's Acting Edition of Plays


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1862: Performed as Marriage at any Price by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 15 December, with It's Never too Late to Mend, or Gold, Gold, Gold (Reade). The performance given as a benefit for James Leffler, held under the patronage of the Governor's wife, Lady Wodehouse, and R. Southey, the Colonial Secretary.

Sources

Online Books by J. P. Wooler , The Online Books Page[2]

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Marriage_at_Any_Price.html?id=oKtEAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.132

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