The Poisoner
The Poisoner is a 19th century play by an unknown author.
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The original text
No copy of the text or information about the author of this play have yet been found.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed by the Disney Roebuck Company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 5 September with Little Don Giovanni, or Leporello and the Stone Statue (Byron).
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.342, 346
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