Joe Desmond's Revenge
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Joe Desmond's Revenge is an unknown play by an anonymous author.
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The original text
Described as "a tragedy in three acts" in Bosman (1980), but may possibly have been a Christy's style piece.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1871: Apparently performed in on 24 May, 1871, by the Amateur Coloured Troupe in in the Institute Assembly Hall, Cape Town, in celebration of the Queen's birthday.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 280
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