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''[[Out on the Sly]]'' is a "burlesque farce" by Charles Selby
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''[[Out on the Sly]]'' is a "burlesque farce" in one act by Charles Selby (1802?-1863)[]
  
Also found as ''[[Out on the Sly, or A Fête at Rosherville!]]'' (and styled "a terpsichorean burletta in one act") or as ''[[Out on the Sly, or A Day at Rosherville]]''.  
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Also found as ''[[Out on the Sly, or A Day at Rosherville]]'' and possibly as ''[[Out on the Sly, or A Fête at Rosherville!]]'' (styled "a terpsichorean burletta in one act").  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==

Revision as of 05:33, 26 August 2019

Out on the Sly is a "burlesque farce" in one act by Charles Selby (1802?-1863)[]

Also found as Out on the Sly, or A Day at Rosherville and possibly as Out on the Sly, or A Fête at Rosherville! (styled "a terpsichorean burletta in one act").

The original text

First performed as Out on the Sly in the Adelphi Theatre, London, on the 12th July, 1847. Published as Out on the Sly by Duncombe and Moon, 1847.

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

H. Colburn. 1847. The Literary Gazette: A Weekly Journal of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts, p. 525[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205

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