Urgent Private Affairs

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Urgent Private Affairs is a play by Joseph S. Coyne (1803-1868)[1].

Also known as Urgent Private Affairs, or The Loyal Volunteers

The original text

First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London, 7 January 1856. Published as Volume 24 van Lacy's acting edition by T.H. Lacy, London, in 1856.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Performed as Urgent Private Affairs, or The Loyal Volunteers by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 2 July, with Plot and Passion, or The Female Gambler (Taylor and Lang).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne

Facsimile version of the Lacy edition of 1856, The Internet Archive[2]

The Adephi Theatre Project, 1856[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.


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