Wenlock of Wenlock, or The Spirit of the Black Mantle

Wenlock of Wenlock, or The Spirit of the Black Mantle is a melodrama in three acts by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)

The original text
Published by J. Duncombe, 1834. Also listed in some adverts in Australia as ''Wenlock of Wenlock, or The Moss Trooper and The Spirit of the Black Mantle

Performance history in South Africa
1843: Performed in the Amateur Theatre in Hope Street by All the World's a Stage, with The Honest Thieves ( Howard/Knight) as afterpiece.

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