John Overy, or The Miser of Southwark Ferry

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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)

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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