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1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on  
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1876: A piece called ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' (in an unidentified adaptation of the Dickens novel) was performed by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, under the management of [[Charles Wilstone]] in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, on 20 October, with  ''[[Jenny Lind]]'' (Anon),  as benefit for Mr [[W. Foulis]] and [[Mrs Foulis]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

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Oliver Twist

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Performance history in South Africa

1876: A piece called Oliver Twist (in an unidentified adaptation of the Dickens novel) was performed by the Disney Roebuck company, under the management of Charles Wilstone in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 20 October, with Jenny Lind (Anon), as benefit for Mr W. Foulis and Mrs Foulis.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.343, 347

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