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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. 401-3, 420 | [[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. 401-3, 420 | ||
Revision as of 06:01, 8 July 2016
The Thimble Rig! is a farce in one act by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1].
Contents
The original text
First published in London at the National Acting Drama Office in 1837.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1851: Performed as Thimble Rig in the Garrison Theatre by the Amateur Company on Wednesday 3 December, as afterpiece to Caesar de Bazan, or Love and Honour (Webster and Boucicault). The performance was in aid of "(S)ufferers by the Kaffir War" (i.e. the border war taking place on the eastern border of the Cape Province).
Sources
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Thimble_Rig.html?id=Pu_BnQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 401-3, 420
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