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A melodrama in five acts by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873). (Full title: The Lady of Lyons; or, Love and Pride.)
Contents
The original text
Written in 1838, first produced in London by W.C. Macready at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in 1838, also in New York in the same year. It was also the basis for two 19th century operas and an opretta.
First published 1838 by Saunders and Otley and printed by William Clowes and Sons, London.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1855: Performed in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town by visiting tragedian G.V. Brooke and company on 5 January. In the cast were Mr Brooke himself, Mr R. Younge, Fanny Cathcart, and Mr Hall.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_of_Lyons
Digital version of the 1838 published text(Google eBook)[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp 410,
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