Jessy Vere, or The Return of the Wanderer

Jessy Vere, or The Return of the Wanderer is a domestic drama in two acts by C.H. Hazlewood (1823-1875)

The original text
First produced in 1856 at the Britannia Saloon, where it had a long run.

Published in Thomas Hailes Lacy's series Acting Edition of Plays in 1856.

Performance history in South Africa
1865: Performed in the Theatre Royal on 23 and 26 October by Ray and Cooper, with the help of local "Gentlemen Amateurs", with as afterpiece The Area Belle (Brough and Halliday).

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