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A one act burletta by George Daniel (1789–1864).  
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''[[Dr Bolus]]'' is "a Serio-Comick-Bombastick-Operatick Interlude", by George Daniel (1789-1864)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Daniel,_George_(1789-1864)_(DNB00)]. (Sometimes written ''[[Dr Bolus]]''.)
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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
Described as a "serio-comic-bombastick-operatick interlude", it was first performed in London at the Theatre Royal (the English Opera House, afterwards the Lyceum) on Tuesday, July 21, 1818, and published in 1818, soon after the performance, by W. and J. Lowndes, and going into two editions.   
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First performed in London at the Theatre Royal (the English Opera House, afterwards the Lyceum) on Tuesday, July 21, 1818, it published soon after the performance in 1818 by W. and J. Lowndes, going into two editions.   
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:11, 20 May 2016

Dr Bolus is "a Serio-Comick-Bombastick-Operatick Interlude", by George Daniel (1789-1864)[1]. (Sometimes written Dr Bolus.)


The original text

First performed in London at the Theatre Royal (the English Opera House, afterwards the Lyceum) on Tuesday, July 21, 1818, it published soon after the performance in 1818 by W. and J. Lowndes, going into two editions.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1830: Performed in the Cape Town Theatre, South Africa by All the World's a Stage on 4 September as afterpiece to George Barnwell, or The London Apprentice (Lillo).

Sources

https://openlibrary.org/books/OL20384505M/Doctor_Bolus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Daniel_(writer)

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Daniel,_George_(1789-1864)_(DNB00)

http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Stage_Cyclopaedia_A_Bibliography_of_Plays_1400033267/121

Frederick Wilse Bateson. 1940. The Cambridge Bibliography of English literature. Vol. 2. (1660 - 1800)[2 https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Uak8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA666&lpg=PA666&dq=Dr+Bolus+a+play+by+George+Daniel&source=bl&ots=A2VY6jz7LD&sig=k7CDG410TzUL8tonD1drLIRHPNU&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA3sCi4OfMAhXMCcAKHRRZBAIQ6AEIGTAA#v=onepage&q=Dr%20Bolus%20a%20play%20by%20George%20Daniel&f=false]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 215

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