Christopher Colly-wobble
Christopher Colly-wobble is one of two character sketches written and performed by Sutton Vane snr (fl. 1870s-1880s).
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The original text
Though this may have been a piece by George Isaacs (1825-1876), it is most probably a piece devised by Vane himself.
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Performance history in South Africa
1878: Performed, along with The Old Cane Chair (Vane), as afterpiece to Trip to the Rhine in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 16 August.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.372
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