Nine Points of the Law
Nine Points of the Law is a comedy in one act by Tom Taylor
In his index, F.C.L. Bosman lists the play as Nine Points to the Law.
1877: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck and company as The Chimney Corner on 7 December, with Nine Points of the Law (Savage/Taylor)
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1877: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck and company as Nine Points of the Law on 7 December, with The Chimney Corner (Craven)
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.322, 363
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