Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies

Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies is a pantomime by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884)

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This is one of three works written (or at least co-written) by Henry J. Byron, all based on Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe. The others are a burlesque called Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday and the King of the Caribee Islands!(1860) and another burlesque called Robinson Crusoe, or The Injun Bride and the Injured Wife (1867).

Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies is described as a pantomime and was first performed at Covent Garden theatre, Saturday, December 26th, 1868 printed by J. Miles and co., London in the same year.

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