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| − | ''[[The Nerves]]'' is a vaudeville sketch by the [[Christy Minstrels]].
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | A song and dance act, probably an alternative title for ''[[The Nervous Cures!]]'', as danced by the [[Christy's Minstrels]], according to a version of the music "arranged for the pianoforte" by M. Younger and published in Sydney by W.J. Johnson & Co., somewhere between 1863-69. The publication "Dedicated to the Christy's Minstrels".
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| − | It is likely to have been a part of the repertoire of the [[Christy Minstrels]] when they toured the British colonies in 1862.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | A piece called as ''[[De Zenuwen]]'' ("The Nerves") was mentioned as part of the fare presented by "the original" the [[Christy Minstrels]] while in the Cape Colony by a local [[Dutch]] newspaper (''[[Het Volksblad]]'', 6 November, 1862).
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| − | '''See also [[Christy Minstrels]]'''
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://nla.gov.au:80/tarkine/nla.obj-169687756 - Accessed 8/01/19 5:12 AM
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| − | ''[[Het Volksblad]]'', 6 November, 1862
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 139-141
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