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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1831:  Played on 17 August by the [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (Shakespeare).
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1831:  Played as ''[[John Overy, or the Miser of Southwark Ferry]]'' on 17 August by the [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre]], as afterpiece to ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (Shakespeare).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 08:41, 23 April 2015

(Also published as John Overy, the Miser of the Southwark Ferry)

A Drama in Three Acts by Douglas Jerrold (1803 – 1857)

The original text

First performed at the Royal Surrey theatre in April 1829, printed in London by T. Richardson, [1829]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1831: Played as John Overy, or the Miser of Southwark Ferry on 17 August by the All the World's a Stage in the African Theatre, as afterpiece to Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare).

Sources

The Dramatic Magazine, Issue 1, 1829:p.78; Google eBook[1]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 217

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