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A Comical Countess is a farce in one act by William Brough (1826-1870)[1]

The original text

First performed in the Lyceum Theatre, London, under the management of Madam Vestris and in New York at Burton's Theatre on 1 January, 1858. Published in London by Thomas Hailes as Lacy's Acting Edition in 1866 and in New York by Robert M. De Witt.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 233, 251

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21121520

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brough_(writer)

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Brough%2C%20William%2C%201826%2D1870

Facsimile version of the original De Witt text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

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