Young England

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There appear to be two plays by this name:

Young England a play by "Morton" (1860s)

A play by this name, and ascribed to an unspecified "Morton", is mentioned by F.C.L. Bosman (1980,p. 230), as being performed in the Cape Town in 1867.

No reference to a play of this name by any of the three Morton playwrights: Thomas Morton,

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Young England a melodrama by Walter Reynolds (1934)

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According to the jot "Young England – the worst play ever?" in the fascinating website jot101, this play is often cited as the worst play ever, even though it became a great success and some people saw it 20 times.

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Performance history in South Africa

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205

"Young England – the worst play ever?", The jot101website[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_England_(play)#:~:text=Young%20England%20was%20a%20patriotic%20melodrama%20written%20by%20Walter%20Reynolds.


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