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| + | 1861: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Sefton Parry]] company on 24 October as an afterpiece to ''[[Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp]]'' (Byron). This performance was given as benefit for the scenic artist [[Richard Cooper]]. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 05:37, 25 August 2017
Your Life's in Danger is a farce in one act by John Maddison Morton (1811-1891)[]. .
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 29 December, 1848. Published in London by Samuel French .
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1858: Performed for the first time in the Cape Town Theatre, Cape Town by the Sefton Parry company on 15 April as an afterpiece to Money, or Rich and Poor (Bulwer Lytton).
1861: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by the Sefton Parry company on 24 October as an afterpiece to Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp (Byron). This performance was given as benefit for the scenic artist Richard Cooper.
Sources
Facsimile version of the original publication, Hathitrust Digital Library[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 69, 99
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