Difference between revisions of "Blackberries"
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Latest revision as of 05:37, 2 January 2021
Blackberries is a one-act musical comedy by Mark Melford (1850-1914)[1]
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The original text
First performed at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool, on June 14, 1886 and first performed in London at the Comedy Theatre on July 31, 1886.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1886: Performed by Madame Pearmain and her company as part of a short season of eleven plays put in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, from 22 November onwards.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Melford
William Davenport Adams. A dictionary of the drama; a guide to the plays, play-wrights, players, and playhouses of the United Kingdom and America, from the earliest times to the present, An online resource (p.167)[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: p. 383
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