The Conjugal Lesson

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The Conjugal Lesson is a farce in one act by Henry Danvers ()[]

Also found as A Conjugal Lesson.

The original text

First performed on July 3, 1856, at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London and published as A comic scene inculcating and entitled A conjugal lesson, in one act, in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy, [1856?]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1858: Performed as A Conjugal Lesson by J.E.H. English and his company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 21 September, with The Corsican Brothers (Grangé and De Montépin/ Boucicault).

1862: Performed as an interlude by the Amateurs of the Band (North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot) on 8 October, in the Garrison Theatre, Keiskama Hoek, with a cast consisting of F. Girton (Mr Simon Lullaby), J. Davies (Mrs Letitia Lullaby). The evening also included the plays The Eddystone Elf (Pitt) and Slasher and Crasher (Morton).

Sources

North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 14. December 10th 1862.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.121 Go to ESAT Bibliography

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