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''The waterman: or, the first of August: a ballad opera, in two acts.'' As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, Hay-Market. by Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814. Accessed on Wednesday, June 01, 2016 at http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4271 via http://writersinspire.org/content/waterman-or-first-august-ballad-opera-two-acts-it-performed-theatre-royal-hay-market.
 
''The waterman: or, the first of August: a ballad opera, in two acts.'' As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, Hay-Market. by Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814. Accessed on Wednesday, June 01, 2016 at http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4271 via http://writersinspire.org/content/waterman-or-first-august-ballad-opera-two-acts-it-performed-theatre-royal-hay-market.
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II: 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 441-4,  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. pp.143,  
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Revision as of 17:43, 1 June 2016

The Waterman, or The First of August is a ballad opera, in two acts by Charles Dibdin (1745-1814)[1].

The original text

First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket. Published in London by London by T. Becket, 1774.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1812: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 7 September by the Garrison Players, with The Poor Gentleman (Colman Jr).

Sources

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004832013.0001.000?view=toc

The waterman: or, the first of August: a ballad opera, in two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, Hay-Market. by Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814. Accessed on Wednesday, June 01, 2016 at http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4271 via http://writersinspire.org/content/waterman-or-first-august-ballad-opera-two-acts-it-performed-theatre-royal-hay-market.

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. pp.143,


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