She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer (1773) by Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774).
First performed in South Africa at the Garrison Theatre in Cape Town on the 20th of June 1807, along with a performance of the one-act version of the play The Farce of Taste. Done later again by the Gentlemen Amateurs in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 27 June 1818, with the help of Mr Cooke and his company of ladies. The afterpiece now was The Poor Soldier by O'Keefe.
In 1933, the play was the first production by Herbert Dhlomo's Bantu Dramatic Society, playing as opening piece in the Bantu Men's Social Centre on 28 April, 1933.
Done professionally with an all South African company by NTO in 1954.
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