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Produced, London, 1862, as ''[[The Dublin Boy]]''. | Produced, London, 1862, as ''[[The Dublin Boy]]''. | ||
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Published as ''[[Andy Blake, or The Irish Diamond]]'' in New York by Samuel French, 1858. (No 110 of French's Minor Drama) | Published as ''[[Andy Blake, or The Irish Diamond]]'' in New York by Samuel French, 1858. (No 110 of French's Minor Drama) | ||
Revision as of 04:52, 21 September 2017
Andy Blake, or The Irish Diamond is an Irish comedy in two acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890).
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The original text
Founded on Le Gamin de Paris, ou L'enfant de Geneviève, by Mme Fanny Richomme ... Paris [1837]"
Produced, London, 1862, as The Dublin Boy.
London : John Dicks, [ca. 1860?] Dicks' standard plays ; no. 556
Published as Andy Blake, or The Irish Diamond in New York by Samuel French, 1858. (No 110 of French's Minor Drama)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Performed on 3 April in the Theatre Royal in Cape Town by the Disney Roebuck company, with Constance Young in the cast. Also played was Adrift.
1878: Repeated on 4 April in the Theatre Royal in Cape Town by the Disney Roebuck company. Also played was British Born.
1878: Performed on 15 July in the Theatre Royal in Cape Town by the Disney Roebuck company. Also played was Heroes (Edwardes). This evening a "Grand Comlimentary Benefit for Captain Roebuck".
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1857 edition, Internet Archive[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 367, 371.
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