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+ | Worden, Van Heyningen and Bickford-Smith. 1998. ''Cape Town: The Making of a City: An Illustrated Social History'':p. 168[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ntsyoxWIB44C&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=importation+of+convicts+to+cape+town+1849&source=bl&ots=lVKz28TOJ1&sig=TOGHZcgsFdxMM92gjQifqCmGbvU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-noTVYmCKcrV7QajvIHoDw&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=importation%20of%20convicts%20to%20cape%20town%201849&f=false] | ||
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 454-455, | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 454-455, |
Revision as of 05:25, 26 March 2015
("No convicts") An original sentimental anti-convict song written by "a South African" in 1849, a period when feeling about the importation of convict labour ran high in the Cape colony.
Unpublished text.
Performance history in South Africa
1949: Written for and first sung as "divertissement" by Tot Oefening en Vermaak during a production of Zoë, of De Zegepraal eener Standvastige Liefde (Mercier) and De Logen om Best Wil (Garrick) in the Hope Street Theatre, Cape Town on 30 October.
1849: Performed again on 26 September in the Drury Lane Theatre by Tot Oefening en Vermaak , as part of a programme including Vier Schildwachten op éénen Post (Vogel) and De Neger (Von Kotzebue).
Sources
Worden, Van Heyningen and Bickford-Smith. 1998. Cape Town: The Making of a City: An Illustrated Social History:p. 168[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 454-455,
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