Out on the Sly

Out on the Sly is a "burlesque farce" in one act by Charles Selby (1802?-1863)[1]

Also found as Out on the Sly, or A Day at Rosherville and as Out on the Sly, or A Fête at Rosherville! (now styled "a terpsichorean burletta in one act").

The original text

First performed as Out on the Sly, or A Fête at Rosherville! in the Adelphi Theatre, London, on the 12th July, 1847. Published as Out on the Sly by Duncombe and Moon, 1847.

Performance history in South Africa

1858: Performed as Out on the Sly, or A Day at Rosherville (no author given) in Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town by J.E.H. English and his company on 9 September, with Married Life (Buckstone).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Selby

Theatre Royal Adelphi, Calendar for 1846-1847 (The Adelphi Theatre Project) [2]

H. Colburn. 1847. The Literary Gazette: A Weekly Journal of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts, p. 525[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.121

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