Two Strings to your Bow

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by Robert Jephson (1736-1803).

A farce, in two acts. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in 1791. First printed in London for C. and G. Kearsley,1791.

In his study F.C.L. Bosman (1928) wrongly attributes authorship of the play to the actor Andrew Cherry, who had played the character "Lazarillo" in the London production.


Performance history in South Africa

Performed by the Amateur Company as a benefit for Mrs Green, in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 25 November 1823; with Wild Oats by O'Keeffe.


Sources

Oxford Text Archive[1]

Bosman, 1928: pp. 185

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