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''[[Joe Desmond's Revenge]]'' is an unknown play by an anonymous author. 

==The original text==

Described as "a tragedy in three acts" in [[F.C.L. Bosman|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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