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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. 399
  
 
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Revision as of 06:13, 19 December 2016

The Sentinel is a musical burletta in one act by J.M. (John Maddison) Morton (1811-1891)[1].

The original text

First performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre in on January 19th, 1837. Published by Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper in 1837. (Apparently called The Female Sentinel when produced in Australia in April 1838.)

Performance history in South Africa

1850: Performed on 11 September by "Captain Hall's Company" (popular name at the time for the Garrison Players) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town , as an afterpiece to A New Way to Pay Old Debts (Massinger).

1850: Performed again on 26 September by "Captain Hall's Company" (popular name at the time for the Garrison Players) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town , with Delicate Ground! (Planché), A Lover by Proxy (Boucicault) and Box and Cox (Morton).

Translations and adaptations

Sources

https://openlibrary.org/books/OL19220203M/The_sentinel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 399

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