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== Sources ==
 
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Facsimile version of the promptbook, published by [[Samuel French]] in 1858, ''[[The Internet Archive]]''[https://archive.org/details/adj0994.0001.001.umich.edu]
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 361,
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 361,

Revision as of 05:44, 20 August 2019

Jessie Brown, or The Relief of Lucknow is a drama in three acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[].

The original text

Founded on an episode in the Indian rebellion, it was first performed

Published by Samuel French, New York, in 1858 in the series "Boucicault's Dramatic Works forming the repertoire of Miss Agnes Robertson, No VI".

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on

Sources

Facsimile version of the promptbook, published by Samuel French in 1858, The Internet Archive[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 361,

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