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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205 | ||
Revision as of 06:15, 17 August 2019
Good for Nothing is a comic drama in one act by J.B. Buckstone (1802-1879)[].
Also Nan, Good for Nothing Nan or Nan, The Good for Nothing
Contents
The original text
First performed on 4 February 1851 in the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London. Published in one volume with Domestic Economy (Lemon), by J. Dicks in 1897.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1867: Performed as Good for Nothing by the Le Roy-Duret Company on 25 September as part of their "Grand Re-opening Night" in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, with The Swiss Cottage (Baily) and Delicate Ground (Dance).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1897 edition by J. Dicks (No 1034 of Dick's Standard Plays), The Internet Archive[]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
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