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 A play by an anonymous author, called ''[[Sightless Bride]]'' and described as "a play with music" that "includes an Irish song and jig", was performed at the New Bowery Theatre, New York, 22-23 August, 1864 and a play called ''[[The Sightless Bride]]'' was performed in the Metropolitan Theatre, California, on 2 November, 1870 (again, no author mentioned).
-A play called ''[[The Devil of Paris, or The Sightless Bride]]'' is listed in ''Popular Stage: Theatre in Nineteenth Century England'' (p.30) and is there ascribed variously to J.B. Johnstone (John Beer Johnstone,  fl. 1860s), T. Archer Surrey () and "Anon." Dated 1865 in the listing.
+A play called ''[[The Devil of Paris, or The Sightless Bride]]'' is listed in ''Popular Stage: Theatre in Nineteenth Century England'' (p.30) and is there ascribed variously to J.B. Johnstone (John Beer Johnstone,  fl. 1860s), T. Archer Surrey (?) and "Anon." Dated 1865 in the listing.
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 A play by an anonymous author, called ''[[Sightless Bride]]'' and described as "a play with music" that "includes an Irish song and jig", was performed at the New Bowery Theatre, New York, 22-23 August, 1864 and a play called ''[[The Sightless Bride]]'' was performed in the Metropolitan Theatre, California, on 2 November, 1870 (again, no author mentioned).
-A play called ''[[The Devil of Paris, or The Sightless Bride]]'' is listed in ''Popular Stage: Theatre in Nineteenth Century England'' (p.30) and is there ascribed variously to J.B. Johnstone (John Beer Johnstone,  fl. 1860s, T. Archer Surrey () and "Anon." Dated 1865 in the listing.
+A play called ''[[The Devil of Paris, or The Sightless Bride]]'' is listed in ''Popular Stage: Theatre in Nineteenth Century England'' (p.30) and is there ascribed variously to J.B. Johnstone (John Beer Johnstone,  fl. 1860s), T. Archer Surrey () and "Anon." Dated 1865 in the listing.
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 A play by an anonymous author, called ''[[Sightless Bride]]'' and described as "a play with music" that "includes an Irish song and jig", was performed at the New Bowery Theatre, New York, 22-23 August, 1864 and a play called ''[[The Sightless Bride]]'' was performed in the Metropolitan Theatre, California, on 2 November, 1870 (again, no author mentioned).
-A play called ''[[The Devil of Paris, or The Sightless Bride]]'' is listed in ''Popular Stage: Theatre in Nineteenth Century England'' (p.30) and is there ascribed variously to J.B. Johnstone (John Beer Johanstone,  fl. 1860s, T. Archer Surrey () and "Anon." Dated 1865 in the listing.
+A play called ''[[The Devil of Paris, or The Sightless Bride]]'' is listed in ''Popular Stage: Theatre in Nineteenth Century England'' (p.30) and is there ascribed variously to J.B. Johnstone (John Beer Johnstone,  fl. 1860s, T. Archer Surrey () and "Anon." Dated 1865 in the listing.
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 A play by an anonymous author, called ''[[Sightless Bride]]'' and described as "a play with music" that "includes an Irish song and jig", was performed at the New Bowery Theatre, New York, 22-23 August, 1864 and a play called ''[[The Sightless Bride]]'' was performed in the Metropolitan Theatre, California, on 2 November, 1870 (again, no author mentioned).
-A play called ''[[The Devil of Paris, or The Sightless Bride]]'' is listed in ''Popular Stage: Theatre in Nineteenth Century England'' (p.30) and is there ascribed variously to J.B. Johnstone ((John Beer Johanstone,  fl. 1860s, T. Archer Surrey () and "Anon." Dated 1865 in the listing.
+A play called ''[[The Devil of Paris, or The Sightless Bride]]'' is listed in ''Popular Stage: Theatre in Nineteenth Century England'' (p.30) and is there ascribed variously to J.B. Johnstone (John Beer Johanstone,  fl. 1860s, T. Archer Surrey () and "Anon." Dated 1865 in the listing.
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 A play by an anonymous author, called ''[[Sightless Bride]]'' and described as "a play with music" that "includes an Irish song and jig", was performed at the New Bowery Theatre, New York, 22-23 August, 1864 and a play called ''[[The Sightless Bride]]'' was performed in the Metropolitan Theatre, California, on 2 November, 1870 (again, no author mentioned).
-A play called ''[[The Devil of Paris, or The Sightless Bride]]'' is listed in ''Popular Stage: Theatre in Nineteenth Century England'' (p.30) and is there ascribed variously to J.B. Johnstone (fl. 1860s)[], T. Archer Surrey () and "Anon." Dated 1865 in the listing.
+A play called ''[[The Devil of Paris, or The Sightless Bride]]'' is listed in ''Popular Stage: Theatre in Nineteenth Century England'' (p.30) and is there ascribed variously to J.B. Johnstone ((John Beer Johanstone,  fl. 1860s, T. Archer Surrey () and "Anon." Dated 1865 in the listing.
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-''[[The Sightless Bride]]'' is a play by Henry James Byron (1835-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron].
+''[[The Sightless Bride]]'' is a play by an unnamed author.
-Also found as '''''[[Sightless Bride]]''''' and '''''[[The Devil of Paris, or The Sightless Bride]]'''''.
+Probably the same work as the plays known as '''''[[Sightless Bride]]''''' and '''''[[The Devil of Paris, or The Sightless Bride]]'''''.
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-: Performed as ''[[The Sightless Bride]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape Town by  [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company, under the temporary management of [[C. Wilstone]], on 27 July, with  ''[[The Momentous Question]]'' (Fitzball).
+: Performed as ''[[The Sightless Bride]]'' (Anon.) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape Town by  [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company, under the temporary management of [[C. Wilstone]], on 27 July, with  ''[[The Momentous Question]]'' (Fitzball).
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-A play called ''[[The Devil of Paris, or The Sightless Bride]]'', ascribed variously to J.B. Johnstone (), Surrey and "Anon." is listed in ''Popular Stage: Theatre in Nineteenth Century England'' (Series One, Manuscript and Typescript: Parts 1-5: Author Index. Page 30)[].
+There are a few candidates for the play and author in this case. Probably all the same work.
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-But Williams gives original as Surrey 4.3.61. 'N' makes that anonymous. Also a typed copy in quarto and set of parts.The Devil of Paris, or the sightless bride. 1865.
+A play by an anonymous author, called ''[[Sightless Bride]]'' and described as "a play with music" that "includes an Irish song and jig", was performed at the New Bowery Theatre, New York, 22-23 August, 1864 and a play called ''[[The Sightless Bride]]'' was performed in the Metropolitan Theatre, California, on 2 November, 1870 (again, no author mentioned).
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	Daily Alta California, Volume 22, Number 7530, 2 November 1870		Daily Alta California, Volume 22, Number 7530, 2 November 1870
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		+	''Popular Stage: Theatre in Nineteenth Century England'' (Series One, Manuscript and Typescript: Parts 1-5: Author Index. Page 30), Gale (microform.gale.com).

	[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)		[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)