Jack-in-the-Green
Jack-in-the-Green is a comedy by Mark Lemon (1809–1870)[1]
Also found as Jack in the Green
Not to be confused with the English May Day custom, "Jack-in-the-Green"[2].
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London, some time between 1835 and 1850.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1869: Performed as Jack in the Green by the Lanarkshire Dramatic Club (amateur players from the 99th Regiment) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 17 March, with One Tree Hill (Craven) and a "Comic Negro Song" sung by R. Norcliffe.
1869: Performed as Jack in the Green by the Lanarkshire Dramatic Club (amateur players from the 99th Regiment) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 2 June, with The Gipsy Farmer, or Jack and Jack's Brother (Johnstone) and a comic song sung "in costume" by R. Norcliffe.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lemon
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lemon,_Mark_(DNB00)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 264,
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