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''[[Bess]]'' is a tragedy by Aimée Daniell Beringer (Mrs. Oscar Beringer, 1856–1936)[].
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''[[Bess]]'' is a tragedy by Aimée Daniell Beringer (Mrs. Oscar Beringer, 1856–1936)[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/beringer-aimee-daniell-1856-1936].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==

Revision as of 17:48, 11 April 2018

Bess is a tragedy by Aimée Daniell Beringer (Mrs. Oscar Beringer, 1856–1936)[1].

The original text

First performed in London on 17 November, 1891.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1891: Performed by a touring company of Luscombe Searelle, in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town, during December and featuring W.H. Vernon and Genevieve Ward.

Sources

Beringer, Aimée Daniell (1856–1936). "Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages". . Encyclopedia.com. 11 Apr. 2018 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5, Part 2. CUP Archive: p. 259[2]

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 1923. (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.

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