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1831: Initially announced for 13 August, but finally performed on 17 August by the [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (Shakespeare). | 1831: Initially announced for 13 August, but finally performed on 17 August by the [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (Shakespeare). | ||
| − | + | 1833: Performed on 17 August by the [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre]], with a performance on the [[slack rope]] by [[Monsieur Dupree]] and ''[[The Haunted Inn, or How to Lay a Ghost]]'' (Peake) as afterpiece. | |
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| − | The Dramatic Magazine, Issue 1, 1829:p.78 | + | ''The Dramatic Magazine'', Issue 1, 1829: p.78: Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=oDY5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=John+Overy,+or+The+Miser+of+Southwark+Ferry&source=bl&ots=3amZiW9tMI&sig=Yzp2WmJs-jXLJsobn0ZSnMoKWnE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2o44Ve2vIsiI7AbUrICgCg&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=John%20Overy%2C%20or%20The%20Miser%20of%20Southwark%20Ferry&f=false] |
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 217 | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 217. 227 |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:12, 6 April 2017
John Overy, or The Miser of Southwark Ferry is a melodrama in three acts by Douglas Jerrold (1803 – 1857)
(Also published as John Overy, the Miser of the Southwark Ferry)
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Royal Surrey theatre in April 1829, printed in London by T. Richardson, [1829]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1831: Initially announced for 13 August, but finally performed on 17 August by the All the World's a Stage in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare).
1833: Performed on 17 August by the All the World's a Stage in the African Theatre, with a performance on the slack rope by Monsieur Dupree and The Haunted Inn, or How to Lay a Ghost (Peake) as afterpiece.
Sources
The Dramatic Magazine, Issue 1, 1829: p.78: Google eBook[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 217. 227
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