The Lawyer in the Sack, or Jack's Return!!!
The Lawyer in the Sack, or Jack's Return!!! was a "Ballet Dance" (or "ballet with dancing") in one act, possibly devised by H. Booth and performed in Cape Town.
Also referred to simply as The Lawyer in the Sack.
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Possibly devised by H. Booth during his stay in Cape Town, though Bosman does not count it as a South African work, but one brought from England.
He also suggests that it this may have been a sequel to the "new Ballet Dance" called Jack at the Cape, or All Alive Among the Hottentots!, which was first performed in Cape Town by All the World's a Stage on 7th January 1832, even though the sequel was the first to be performed (on 17 December, 1831).
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Performances in South Africa
1831: First performed as The Lawyer in the Sack by All the World's a Stage in Cape Town on 17 December, along with Der Freischütz (Weber) and The Spectre Bridegroom (Moncrieff).
1832: Performed as The Lawyer in the Sack, or Jack's Return!!! by All the World's a Stage in Cape Town on 30 January, along with The Iron Chest, or The Blood-Stained Knife (Colman) and The Sleeping Draught (Penley).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 218-219, 222, 374.
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