Three Weeks after Marriage

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A comedy, in two acts by Arthur Murphy (1727-1805) First performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden in 1764.


Performance history in South Africa

1802: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 10 May, 1802, with The Devil to Pay (Coffey) as afterpiece.

1902: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 6 September, 1802, with Poor Soldier (O'Keeffe).

1823: Performed in the Cape Town Theatre on 6 December by the English Theatricals as afterpiece to The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret. This eveningserved as a benefit performance for Mrs Black, who played "Donna Violante" in The Wonder and "Lady Racket" in Murphy's piece.

1824:Performed again in the Cape Town Theatre on 28 January by the English Theatricals as afterpiece to The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/three-weeks-after-marriage/id483585938?mt=11

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Murphy_(writer)

Bosman, 1928: pp.68, 69,109, 197-8,

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