Ben Bolt

Ben Bolt is a drama in two acts by John B. Johnstone

The original text

Based on the poem Ben Bolt by **

First performed at the Royal Surrey Theatre on Tuesday, 28 March 1854, and published in the same year by Thomas Hailes Lacy.

Performance history in South Africa

1859: Performed by the Charles Fraser and his company in Cape Town with Slasher and Crasher (Morton) on 3 May.

1859: Repeated by the Charles Fraser and his company in Cape Town with a scen from Macbeth (Shakespeare) and To Paris and Back for £5 () on 9 May.

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