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A play consisting of "eight tableaux" about the evils of drink, based on the graphic illustrations of George Cruikshank.
 
A play consisting of "eight tableaux" about the evils of drink, based on the graphic illustrations of George Cruikshank.
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Published by John Dicks, London in 1847
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1850(?): Performed in Cape Town by [[James Lycett]] in the [[Drury Lane Theatre]]
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1850(?): Performed in Cape Town by [[James Lycett]] and company in the [[Drury Lane Theatre]]
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 05:54, 23 November 2016

The Bottle is a drama in two acts by T.P. Taylor (Tom Taylor, 1817-1880)[]


by Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880

The original text

A play consisting of "eight tableaux" about the evils of drink, based on the graphic illustrations of George Cruikshank.

Published by John Dicks, London in 1847

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1850(?): Performed in Cape Town by James Lycett and company in the Drury Lane Theatre

Sources

https://archive.org/details/bottleadramaintw00tayluoft

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp.

P.W. Laidler. 1926. The Annals of the Cape Stage. Edinburgh: William Bryce.

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